The Holy Bible

[89:46] Lord, will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

[89:47] Remember how short my life is; remember that you created all of us mortal!

[89:48] Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

[89:49] Lord, where are the former proofs of your love? Where are the promises you made to David?

[89:50] Don't forget how I, your servant, am insulted, how I endure all the curses of the heathen.

[89:51] Your enemies insult your chosen king, O Lord! They insult him wherever he goes.

[89:52] Praise the Lord forever!

[90:1] O Lord, you have always been our home.

[90:2] Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever.

[90:3] You tell us to return to what we were; you change us back to dust.

[90:4] A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night.

[90:5] You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

[90:6] that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up and die in the evening.

[90:7] We are destroyed by your anger; we are terrified by your fury.

[90:8] You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.

[90:9] Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.

[90:10] Seventy years is all we have— eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.

[90:11] Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?

[90:12] Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.

[90:13] How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O Lord, on your servants!

[90:14] Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life.

[90:15] Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us during all our years of misery.

[90:16] Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might.

[90:17] Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!

[91:1] Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,

[91:2] can say to him, “You are my defender and protector. You are my God; in you I trust.”

[91:3] He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases.

[91:4] He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.

[91:5] You need not fear any dangers at night or sudden attacks during the day

[91:6] or the plagues that strike in the dark or the evils that kill in daylight.

[91:7] A thousand may fall dead beside you, ten thousand all around you, but you will not be harmed.

[91:8] You will look and see how the wicked are punished.

[91:9] You have made the Lord your defender, the Most High your protector,

[91:10] and so no disaster will strike you, no violence will come near your home.

[91:11] God will put his angels in charge of you to protect you wherever you go.

[91:12] They will hold you up with their hands to keep you from hurting your feet on the stones.

[91:13] You will trample down lions and snakes, fierce lions and poisonous snakes.

[91:14] God says, “I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord.

[91:15] When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will rescue them and honor them.

[91:16] I will reward them with long life; I will save them.”

[92:1] How good it is to give thanks to you, O Lord, to sing in your honor, O Most High God,

[92:2] to proclaim your constant love every morning and your faithfulness every night,

[92:3] with the music of stringed instruments and with melody on the harp.

[92:4] Your mighty deeds, O Lord, make me glad; because of what you have done, I sing for joy.

[92:5] How great are your actions, Lord! How deep are your thoughts!

[92:6] This is something a fool cannot know; someone who is stupid cannot understand:

[92:7] the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed,

[92:8] because you, Lord, are supreme forever.

[92:9] We know that your enemies will die, and all the wicked will be defeated.

[92:10] You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.

[92:11] I have seen the defeat of my enemies and heard the cries of the wicked.

[92:12] The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.

[92:13] They are like trees planted in the house of the Lord, that flourish in the Temple of our God,

[92:14] that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.

[92:15] This shows that the Lord is just, that there is no wrong in my protector.

[93:1] The Lord is king. He is clothed with majesty and strength. The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved.

[93:2] Your throne, O Lord, has been firm from the beginning, and you existed before time began.

[93:3] The ocean depths raise their voice, O Lord; they raise their voice and roar.

[93:4] The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea.

[93:5] Your laws are eternal, Lord, and your Temple is holy indeed, forever and ever.

[94:1] Lord, you are a God who punishes; reveal your anger!

[94:2] You are the judge of us all; rise and give the proud what they deserve!

[94:3] How much longer will the wicked be glad? How much longer, Lord?

[94:4] How much longer will criminals be proud and boast about their crimes?

[94:5] They crush your people, Lord; they oppress those who belong to you.

[94:6] They kill widows and orphans, and murder the strangers who live in our land.

[94:7] They say, “The Lord does not see us; the God of Israel does not notice.”

[94:8] My people, how can you be such stupid fools? When will you ever learn?

[94:9] God made our ears—can't he hear? He made our eyes—can't he see?

[94:10] He scolds the nations—won't he punish them? He is the teacher of us all—hasn't he any knowledge?

[94:11] The Lord knows what we think; he knows how senseless our reasoning is.

[94:12] Lord, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!

[94:13] You give them rest from days of trouble until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.

[94:14] The Lord will not abandon his people; he will not desert those who belong to him.

[94:15] Justice will again be found in the courts, and all righteous people will support it.

[94:16] Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against the evildoers?

[94:17] If the Lord had not helped me, I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.

[94:18] I said, “I am falling”; but your constant love, O Lord, held me up.

[94:19] Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad.

[94:20] You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

[94:21] who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.

[94:22] But the Lord defends me; my God protects me.

[94:23] He will punish them for their wickedness and destroy them for their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.

[95:1] Come, let us praise the Lord! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!

[95:2] Let us come before him with thanksgiving and sing joyful songs of praise.

[95:3] For the Lord is a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.

[95:4] He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest caves to the highest hills.

[95:5] He rules over the sea, which he made; the land also, which he himself formed.

[95:6] Come, let us bow down and worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

[95:7] He is our God; we are the people he cares for, the flock for which he provides. Listen today to what he says:

[95:8] “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

[95:9] There they put me to the test and tried me, although they had seen what I did for them.

[95:10] For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, ‘How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.’

[95:11] I was angry and made a solemn promise: ‘You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.’”

[96:1] Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing to the Lord, all the world!

[96:2] Sing to the Lord, and praise him! Proclaim every day the good news that he has saved us.

[96:3] Proclaim his glory to the nations, his mighty deeds to all peoples.

[96:4] The Lord is great and is to be highly praised; he is to be honored more than all the gods.

[96:5] The gods of all other nations are only idols, but the Lord created the heavens.

[96:6] Glory and majesty surround him; power and beauty fill his Temple.

[96:7] Praise the Lord, all people on earth; praise his glory and might.

[96:8] Praise the Lord's glorious name; bring an offering and come into his Temple.

[96:9] Bow down before the Holy One when he appears; tremble before him, all the earth!

[96:10] Say to all the nations, “The Lord is king! The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with justice.”

[96:11] Be glad, earth and sky! Roar, sea, and every creature in you;

[96:12] be glad, fields, and everything in you! The trees in the woods will shout for joy

[96:13] when the Lord comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

[97:1] The Lord is king! Earth, be glad! Rejoice, you islands of the seas!

[97:2] Clouds and darkness surround him; he rules with righteousness and justice.

[97:3] Fire goes in front of him and burns up his enemies around him.

[97:4] His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees it and trembles.

[97:5] The hills melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

[97:6] The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the nations see his glory.

[97:7] Everyone who worships idols is put to shame; all the gods bow down before the Lord.

[97:8] The people of Zion are glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O Lord.

[97:9] Lord Almighty, you are ruler of all the earth; you are much greater than all the gods.

[97:10] The Lord loves those who hate evil; he protects the lives of his people; he rescues them from the power of the wicked.

[97:11] Light shines on the righteous, and gladness on the good.

[97:12] All you that are righteous be glad because of what the Lord has done! Remember what the holy God has done, and give thanks to him.

[98:1] Sing a new song to the Lord; he has done wonderful things! By his own power and holy strength he has won the victory.

[98:2] The Lord announced his victory; he made his saving power known to the nations.

[98:3] He kept his promise to the people of Israel with loyalty and constant love for them. All people everywhere have seen the victory of our God.

[98:4] Sing for joy to the Lord, all the earth; praise him with songs and shouts of joy!

[98:5] Sing praises to the Lord! Play music on the harps!

[98:6] Blow trumpets and horns, and shout for joy to the Lord, our king.

[98:7] Roar, sea, and every creature in you; sing, earth, and all who live on you!

[98:8] Clap your hands, you rivers; you hills, sing together with joy before the Lord,

[98:9] because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.