Psalms 90-96

Psalm 90

¹A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,

²Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou art God.

³Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

⁴For a thousand years in Thine eyes are as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

⁵Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

⁷For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

⁹For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

¹⁰Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath?

¹²To number our days aright let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

¹³Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

¹⁴Satisfy us at morn with Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

¹⁵Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

¹⁷And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

Psalm 91

¹He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

²He is saying of Jehovah, ‘My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'

³For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

⁴With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

⁵Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

⁶Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

⁷There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.

⁸But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

⁹(For Thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.

¹⁰Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent,

¹¹For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

¹²On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

¹³On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

¹⁴Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

¹⁵He doth call Me, and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

¹⁶With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

Psalm 92

¹A Psalm. -- A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,

²To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.

³On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.

⁴For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing.

⁵How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

⁶A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

⁷When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

⁸And Thou art high to the age, O Jehovah.

⁹For, lo, Thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, Thine enemies, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity.

¹⁰And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

¹¹And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.

¹²The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

¹³Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.

¹⁴Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

¹⁵To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!

Psalm 93

¹Jehovah hath reigned, Excellency He hath put on, Jehovah put on strength, He girded Himself, Also -- established is the world, unmoved.

²Established is Thy throne since then, From the age Thou art.

³Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers.

⁴Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high is Jehovah,

⁵Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely is holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!

Psalm 94

¹God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

²Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

³Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

⁴They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

⁵Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

⁶Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

⁷And they say, ‘Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

⁹He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

¹⁰He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.

¹¹He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

¹²O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

¹³To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

¹⁴For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

¹⁵For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

¹⁶Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

¹⁸If I have said, ‘My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

¹⁹In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

²¹They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

²²And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God is for a rock -- my refuge,

²³And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

Psalm 95

¹Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.

²We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.

³For a great God is Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.

⁴In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are His.

⁵Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

⁷For He is our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,

⁸Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

⁹Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.

¹⁰Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, ‘A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:'

¹¹Where I sware in Mine anger, ‘If they come in unto My rest -- !'

Psalm 96

¹Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth.

²Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation.

³Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders.

⁴For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He is over all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

⁶Honour and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary.

⁷Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

⁸Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts.

⁹Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among nations, ‘Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

¹¹The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

¹²The field exulteth, and all that is in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,

¹³Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!