Psalm 91-105

New International Version

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare^(E)
    and from the deadly pestilence.^(F)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;^(G)
    his faithfulness will be your shield^(H) and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear^(I) the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.^(J)

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm^(K) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels^(L) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(M)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(N)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(O)

¹⁴ “Because he^[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(P)
16 With long life^(Q) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(R)”

⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy^(Y) at what your hands have done.^(Z)
5 How great are your works,^(AA) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!^(AB)
6 Senseless people^(AC) do not know,
    fools do not understand,
⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.^(AD)

⁸ But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

⁹ For surely your enemies^(AE), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.^(AF)
10 You have exalted my horn^[d](AG) like that of a wild ox;^(AH)
    fine oils^(AI) have been poured on me.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.^(AJ)

¹² The righteous will flourish^(AK) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(AL)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(AM)
14 They will still bear fruit^(AN) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.^(AO)”

³ The seas^(AW) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;^(AX)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.^(AY)
4 Mightier than the thunder^(AZ) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers^(BA) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.^(BB)

⁵ Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness^(BC) adorns your house^(BD)
    for endless days.

⁴ They pour out arrogant^(BK) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(BL)
5 They crush your people,^(BM) Lord;
    they oppress your inheritance.^(BN)
6 They slay the widow^(BO) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.^(BP)
7 They say, “The Lord does not see;^(BQ)
    the God of Jacob^(BR) takes no notice.”

⁸ Take notice, you senseless ones^(BS) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
⁹ Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(BT)
10 Does he who disciplines^(BU) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches^(BV) mankind lack knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord knows all human plans;^(BW)
    he knows that they are futile.^(BX)

¹² Blessed is the one you discipline,^(BY) Lord,
    the one you teach^(BZ) from your law;
¹³ you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(CA)
    till a pit^(CB) is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For the Lord will not reject his people;^(CC)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.
¹⁵ Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(CD)
    and all the upright in heart^(CE) will follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up^(CF) for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(CG)
17 Unless the Lord had given me help,^(CH)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(CI)
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,^(CJ)”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹ When anxiety^(CK) was great within me,
    your consolation^(CL) brought me joy.

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne^(CM) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(CN)
21 The wicked band together^(CO) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent^(CP) to death.^(CQ)
22 But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock^(CR) in whom I take refuge.^(CS)
23 He will repay^(CT) them for their sins
    and destroy^(CU) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

³ For the Lord is the great God,^(DC)
    the great King^(DD) above all gods.^(DE)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(DF)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(DG)

⁶ Come, let us bow down^(DH) in worship,^(DI)
    let us kneel^(DJ) before the Lord our Maker;^(DK)
7 for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(DL)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(DM) as you did at Meribah,^[e](DN)
    as you did that day at Massah^[f] in the wilderness,^(DO)
9 where your ancestors tested^(DP) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰ For forty years^(DQ) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(DR)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(DS)
11 So I declared on oath^(DT) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(DU)

⁴ For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(EC)
    he is to be feared^(ED) above all gods.^(EE)
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,^(EF)
    but the Lord made the heavens.^(EG)
6 Splendor and majesty^(EH) are before him;
    strength and glory^(EI) are in his sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord,^(EJ) all you families of nations,^(EK)
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering^(EL) and come into his courts.^(EM)
9 Worship the Lord^(EN) in the splendor of his^[g] holiness;^(EO)
    tremble^(EP) before him, all the earth.^(EQ)
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^(ER)”
    The world is firmly established,^(ES) it cannot be moved;^(ET)
    he will judge^(EU) the peoples with equity.^(EV)

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice,^(EW) let the earth be glad;^(EX)
    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
¹² Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
    let all the trees of the forest^(EY) sing for joy.^(EZ)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
    he comes to judge^(FA) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness^(FB)
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.^(FC)

⁷ All who worship images^(FU) are put to shame,^(FV)
    those who boast in idols^(FW)—
    worship him,^(FX) all you gods!^(FY)

⁸ Zion hears and rejoices
    and the villages of Judah are glad^(FZ)
    because of your judgments,^(GA) Lord.
⁹ For you, Lord, are the Most High^(GB) over all the earth;^(GC)
    you are exalted^(GD) far above all gods.
¹⁰ Let those who love the Lord hate evil,^(GE)
    for he guards^(GF) the lives of his faithful ones^(GG)
    and delivers^(GH) them from the hand of the wicked.^(GI)
11 Light shines^[h](GJ) on the righteous^(GK)
    and joy on the upright in heart.^(GL)
12 Rejoice in the Lord,^(GM) you who are righteous,
    and praise his holy name.^(GN)

⁴ Shout for joy^(HA) to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;
⁵ make music to the Lord with the harp,^(HB)
    with the harp and the sound of singing,^(HC)
6 with trumpets^(HD) and the blast of the ram’s horn^(HE)—
    shout for joy^(HF) before the Lord, the King.^(HG)

⁷ Let the sea^(HH) resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.^(HI)
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,^(HJ)
    let the mountains^(HK) sing together for joy;
⁹ let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.^(HL)

⁴ The King^(HW) is mighty, he loves justice^(HX)—
    you have established equity;^(HY)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.^(HZ)
5 Exalt^(IA) the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

⁶ Moses^(IB) and Aaron^(IC) were among his priests,
    Samuel^(ID) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered^(IE) them.
⁷ He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;^(IF)
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

⁸ Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,^(IG)
    though you punished^(IH) their misdeeds.^[i]
9 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving^(IP)
    and his courts^(IQ) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.^(IR)
5 For the Lord is good^(IS) and his love endures forever;^(IT)
    his faithfulness^(IU) continues through all generations.

I will conduct the affairs^(IX) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
³ I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.^(IY)

I hate what faithless people do;^(IZ)
    I will have no part in it.
⁴ The perverse of heart^(JA) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

⁵ Whoever slanders their neighbor^(JB) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes^(JC) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless^(JD)
    will minister to me.

⁷ No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

⁸ Every morning^(JE) I will put to silence
    all the wicked^(JF) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer^(JG)
    from the city of the Lord.^(JH)

³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(JM)
    my bones^(JN) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(JO)
    I forget to eat my food.^(JP)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(JQ)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶ I am like a desert owl,^(JR)
    like an owl among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake;^(JS) I have become
    like a bird alone^(JT) on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies^(JU) taunt me;^(JV)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(JW)
9 For I eat ashes^(JX) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears^(JY)
10 because of your great wrath,^(JZ)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;^(KA)
    I wither^(KB) away like grass.

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(KC)
    your renown endures^(KD) through all generations.^(KE)
13 You will arise^(KF) and have compassion^(KG) on Zion,
    for it is time^(KH) to show favor^(KI) to her;
    the appointed time^(KJ) has come.
¹⁴ For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
¹⁵ The nations will fear^(KK) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings^(KL) of the earth will revere your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Zion^(KM)
    and appear in his glory.^(KN)
17 He will respond to the prayer^(KO) of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

¹⁸ Let this be written^(KP) for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created^(KQ) may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ “The Lord looked down^(KR) from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners^(KS)
    and release those condemned to death.”
²¹ So the name of the Lord will be declared^(KT) in Zion
    and his praise^(KU) in Jerusalem
²² when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship^(KV) the Lord.

²³ In the course of my life^[l] he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.^(KW)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on^(KX) through all generations.
²⁵ In the beginning^(KY) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens^(KZ) are the work of your hands.^(LA)
26 They will perish,^(LB) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
²⁷ But you remain the same,^(LC)
    and your years will never end.^(LD)
28 The children of your servants^(LE) will live in your presence;
    their descendants^(LF) will be established before you.”

⁶ The Lord works righteousness^(LS)
    and justice for all the oppressed.^(LT)

⁷ He made known^(LU) his ways^(LV) to Moses,
    his deeds^(LW) to the people of Israel:
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(LX)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;^(LY)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(LZ)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(MA) for those who fear him;^(MB)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(MC) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(MD) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(ME)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(MF)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(MG)
    they flourish like a flower^(MH) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(MI) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(MJ) remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children^(MK)—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant^(ML)
    and remember^(MM) to obey his precepts.^(MN)

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne^(MO) in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules^(MP) over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord,^(MQ) you his angels,^(MR)
    you mighty ones^(MS) who do his bidding,^(MT)
    who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,^(MU)
    you his servants^(MV) who do his will.
²² Praise the Lord, all his works^(MW)
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.^(MX)

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(MZ)

² The Lord wraps^(NA) himself in light^(NB) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(NC) out the heavens^(ND) like a tent^(NE)
3     and lays the beams^(NF) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(NG)
He makes the clouds^(NH) his chariot^(NI)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(NJ)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[m](NK)
    flames of fire^(NL) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(NM) on its foundations;^(NN)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(NO) with the watery depths^(NP) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(NQ) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(NR) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(NS) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(NT) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(NU) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰ He makes springs^(NV) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹ They give water^(NW) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(NX) quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky^(NY) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(NZ)
13 He waters the mountains^(OA) from his upper chambers;^(OB)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(OC)
14 He makes grass grow^(OD) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(OE) from the earth:
¹⁵ wine^(OF) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(OG) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(OH) their hearts.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord^(OI) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(OJ) that he planted.
¹⁷ There the birds^(OK) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸ The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(OL)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(OM)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(ON)
    and the sun^(OO) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(OP) it becomes night,^(OQ)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(OR) prowl.
²¹ The lions roar for their prey^(OS)
    and seek their food from God.^(OT)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.^(OU)
23 Then people go out to their work,^(OV)
    to their labor until evening.^(OW)

²⁴ How many are your works,^(OX) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(OY) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(OZ)
25 There is the sea,^(PA) vast and spacious,
    teeming with creatures beyond number—
    living things both large and small.^(PB)
26 There the ships^(PC) go to and fro,
    and Leviathan,^(PD) which you formed to frolic^(PE) there.^(PF)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(PG) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(PH) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(PI)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(PJ)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(PK)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord^(PL) endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works^(PM)—
³² he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,^(PN)
    who touches the mountains,^(PO) and they smoke.^(PP)

³³ I will sing^(PQ) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(PR) in the Lord.
³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(PS) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(PT)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[n](PU)

⁵ Remember the wonders^(QD) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(QE)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(QF)
    his chosen^(QG) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(QH) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,^(QI)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(QJ) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(QK)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan^(QL)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(QM)

¹² When they were but few in number,^(QN)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(QO)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,^(QP)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(QQ) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(QR)
15 “Do not touch^(QS) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(QT) no harm.”

¹⁶ He called down famine^(QU) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(QV)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(QW)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(QX) came to pass,
    till the word^(QY) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(QZ)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(RA) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(RB)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(RC)
    Jacob resided^(RD) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(RE)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(RF) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(RG) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(RH) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(RI) his servant,
    and Aaron,^(RJ) whom he had chosen.^(RK)
27 They performed^(RL) his signs^(RM) among them,
    his wonders^(RN) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(RO) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against^(RP) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(RQ)
    causing their fish to die.^(RR)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(RS)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(RT) and there came swarms of flies,^(RU)
    and gnats^(RV) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(RW)
    with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(RX) and fig trees^(RY)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(RZ) and the locusts came,^(SA)
    grasshoppers^(SB) without number;^(SC)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(SD) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.
³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(SE)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel^(SF) had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud^(SG) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(SH)