Psalm 92-94
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 92
God’s Love and Faithfulness
A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,(A)
2 to declare Your faithful love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,(B)
3 with a ten-stringed harp
and the music of a lyre.(C)
4 For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.(D)
5 How magnificent are Your works, Lord,
how profound Your thoughts!(E)
6 A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:(F)
7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.(G)
8 But You, Lord, are exalted forever.(H)
9 For indeed, Lord, Your enemies—
indeed, Your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.(I)
10 You have lifted up my horn(J)
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed[a] with oil.(K)
11 My eyes look down on my enemies;
my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.(L)
12 The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.(M)
13 Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.(N)
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,(O)
15 to declare: “The Lord is just;
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”(P)
Psalm 93
God’s Eternal Reign
1 The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;
The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.
The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.(Q)
2 Your throne has been established
from the beginning;[b]
You are from eternity.(R)
3 The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.(S)
4 Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.(T)
5 Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable;(U)
holiness is the beauty of[c] Your house
for all the days to come.(V)
Psalm 94
The Just Judge
1 Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, appear.(W)
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
repay the proud what they deserve.(X)
3 Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?(Y)
4 They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(Z)
5 Lord, they crush Your people;
they afflict Your heritage.(AA)
6 They kill the widow and the foreigner
and murder the fatherless.(AB)
7 They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”(AC)
8 Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?(AD)
9 Can the One who shaped the ear not hear,
the One who formed the eye not see?(AE)
10 The One who instructs nations,
the One who teaches man knowledge—
does He not discipline?(AF)
11 The Lord knows man’s thoughts;
they are meaningless.(AG)
12 Lord, happy is the man You discipline
and teach from Your law(AH)
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.(AI)
14 The Lord will not forsake His people
or abandon His heritage,(AJ)
15 for justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow[d] it.(AK)
16 Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?(AL)
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.(AM)
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
Your faithful love will support me, Lord.(AN)
19 When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy.(AO)
20 Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?(AP)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.(AQ)
22 But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.(AR)
23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.(AS)
Footnotes
- Psalm 92:10 Syr reads You have anointed me
- Psalm 93:2 Lit from then
- Psalm 93:5 Or holiness characterizes
- Psalm 94:15 Or heart will support; lit heart after
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