Psalm 89

The LORD'S Covenant with David, and Israel's Afflictions.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever;
To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

2 For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness."

3 "I have made a covenant with My chosen;
I have sworn to David My servant,

4 I will establish your seed forever
And build up your throne to all generations." Selah.

5 The heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the skies is comparable to the LORD?
Who among the sons of the mighty is like the LORD,

7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

10 You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain;
You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and tall it contains, You have founded them.

12 The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

13 You have a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

15 How blessed are the people who know the tjoyful sound!
O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance.

16 In Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

18 For our shield belongs to the LORD,
tAnd our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones,
And said, "I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20 "I have found David My servant;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,

21 With whom My hand will be established;
My arm also will strengthen him.

22 "The enemy will not tdeceive him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 "But I shall crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

24 "My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his horn will be exalted.

25 "I shall also set his hand on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.

26 "He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

27 "I also shall make him My firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.

28 "My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

29 "So I will establish his descendants forever
And his throne as the days of heaven.

30 "If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

31 If they tviolate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,

32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod
And their iniquity with stripes.

33 "But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

34 "My covenant I will not violate,
Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

35 "tOnce I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

36 "His descendants shall endure forever
And his throne as the sun before Me.

37 "It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah.

38 But You have cast off and rejected,
You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

39 You have spurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have profaned his crown in the dust.

40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.

43 You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have not made him stand in battle.

44 You have made his splendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.

45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah.

46 How long, O LORD?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

48 What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants;
How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD forever!
Amen and Amen.

Psalm 90

BOOK 4

God's Eternity and Man's Transitoriness.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

1 Lord, You have been our tdwelling place in all generations.

2 Before the mountains were born
Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 You turn man back into dust
And say, "Return, O children of men."

4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.

5 You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

6 In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;
Toward evening it fades and withers away.

7 For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

8 You have placed our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9 For all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.

10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

11 Who understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

13 Do return, O LORD; how long will it be?
And be sorry for Your servants.

14 O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the years we have seen tevil.

16 Let Your work appear to Your servants
And Your majesty to their children.

17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And tconfirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

Psalm 91

Security of the One Who Trusts in the LORD.

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!"

3 For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper
And from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

5 You will not be afraid of the terror by night,
Or of the arrow that flies by day;

6 Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But it shall not approach you.

8 You will only look on with your eyes
And see the recompense of the wicked.

9 For you have made the LORD, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

10 No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your tent.

11 For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.

12 They will bear you up in their hands,
That you do not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.

14 "Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

15 "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

16 "With a long life I will satisfy him
And let him see My salvation."