Psalm 89-91

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”^(E)Selah

⁵ Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders^(F)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(G)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord?^(H)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[b] all who surround Him.^(I)
8 Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?^(J)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.^(K)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(L)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(M)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.^(N)
12 North and south—You created them.^(O)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(P)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.^(Q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;^(R)
faithful love and truth go before You.^(S)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(T)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(U)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(V)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;^(W)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(X)
18 Surely our shield^[c] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(Y)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(Z)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(AA)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.^(AB)
22 The enemy will not afflict^[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.^(AC)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(AD)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.^(AE)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(AF)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(AG)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(AH)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(AI)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.^(AJ)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](AK)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,^(AL)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,^(AM)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.^(AN)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.^(AO)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.^(AP)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(AQ)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,^(AR)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(AS)Selah

³⁸ But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(AT)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.^[g](AU)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(AV)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(AW)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(AX)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(AY)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(AZ)
44 You have made his splendor^[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(BA)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.^(BB)Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(BC)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?^(BD)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(BE)Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(BF)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(BG)

⁵² May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.^(BH)

³ You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”^(BK)
4 For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.^(BL)
5 You end their lives;^[j] they sleep.^(BM)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
⁶ in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.^(BN)

⁷ For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.^(BO)
8 You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.^(BP)
9 For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.^(BQ)
10 Our lives last^[k] seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are^[l] struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.^(BR)
11 Who understands the power of Your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.^(BS)
12 Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.^[m](BT)

¹³ Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.^(BU)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.^(BV)
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.^(BW)
16 Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.^(BX)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!^(BY)

² I will say^[n] to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”^(CA)

³ He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,^(CB)
from the destructive plague.
⁴ He will cover you with His feathers;
you will take refuge under His wings.^(CC)
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.^(CD)
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,^(CE)
6 the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.^(CF)
7 Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.^(CG)
8 You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.^(CH)

⁹ Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,^(CI)
the Most High—your dwelling place,^(CJ)
10 no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.^(CK)
11 For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.^(CL)
12 They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(CM)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the young lion and the serpent.^(CN)

¹⁴ Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows My name.^(CO)
15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.^(CP)
16 I will satisfy him with a long life^(CQ)
and show him My salvation.^(CR)