Psalm 92-95

English Standard Version

How Great Are Your Works

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

92 ^(A)It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praises to your name, ^(B)O Most High;
²to declare your ^(C)steadfast love in ^(D)the morning,
    and your ^(E)faithfulness by ^(F)night,
³to the music of ^(G)the lute and ^(H)the harp,
    to the melody of ^(I)the lyre.
⁴For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your ^(J)work;
    at ^(K)the works of your hands I sing for joy.

⁵How ^(L)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your ^(M)thoughts are very ^(N)deep!
⁶The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
⁷that though ^(O)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all ^(P)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
⁸    but you, O Lord, are ^(Q)on high forever.
⁹For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be ^(R)scattered.

¹⁰But you have exalted my ^(S)horn like that of ^(T)the wild ox;
you have ^(U)poured over me^[a] fresh oil.
¹¹My ^(V)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

¹²^(W)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in ^(X)the courts of our God.
¹⁴They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
¹⁵^(Y)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my ^(Z)rock, and there is ^(AA)no unrighteousness in him.

The Lord Reigns

93 ^(AB)The Lord reigns; he is ^(AC)robed in majesty;
the Lord is ^(AD)robed; he has ^(AE)put on strength as his belt.
^(AF)Yes, the world is established; ^(AG)it shall never be moved.
²^(AH)Your throne is established from of old;
^(AI)you are from everlasting.

³^(AJ)The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
⁴Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    ^(AK)the Lord ^(AL)on high is mighty!

⁵Your ^(AM)decrees are very trustworthy;
^(AN)holiness befits your house,
O Lord, forevermore.

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94 O Lord, God of ^(AO)vengeance,
    O God of vengeance, ^(AP)shine forth!
²^(AQ)Rise up, O ^(AR)judge of the earth;
    repay to the ^(AS)proud what they deserve!
³O Lord, ^(AT)how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall ^(AU)the wicked exult?
⁴They pour out their ^(AV)arrogant words;
    all ^(AW)the evildoers boast.
⁵They ^(AX)crush your people, O Lord,
    and afflict your heritage.
⁶They kill ^(AY)the widow and the sojourner,
    and murder ^(AZ)the fatherless;
⁷^(BA)and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

⁸^(BB)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
⁹^(BC)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
¹⁰He who ^(BD)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^(BE)teaches man knowledge—
¹¹    ^(BF)the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are ^(BG)but a breath.^[b]

¹²^(BH)Blessed is the man whom you ^(BI)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
¹³to give him ^(BJ)rest from ^(BK)days of trouble,
    until ^(BL)a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴^(BM)For the Lord will not forsake his ^(BN)people;
    he will not abandon his ^(BO)heritage;
¹⁵for ^(BP)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will ^(BQ)follow it.

¹⁶^(BR)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
¹⁷^(BS)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^(BT)silence.
¹⁸When I thought, ^(BU)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(BV)held me up.
¹⁹When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
²⁰Can ^(BW)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame^[c] injustice by ^(BX)statute?
²¹They ^(BY)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn ^(BZ)the innocent to death.^[d]
²²But the Lord has become my ^(CA)stronghold,
    and my God ^(CB)the rock of my ^(CC)refuge.
²³He will bring back on them ^(CD)their iniquity
    and ^(CE)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
    let us ^(CF)make a joyful noise to ^(CG)the rock of our salvation!
²Let us ^(CH)come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us ^(CI)make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
³For the Lord is ^(CJ)a great God,
    and a great King ^(CK)above all gods.
⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth;
    the heights of the mountains are his also.
⁵The sea is his, for ^(CL)he made it,
    and his hands formed ^(CM)the dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us ^(CN)kneel before the Lord, our ^(CO)Maker!
⁷For he is our ^(CP)God,
    and we are the people of his ^(CQ)pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
^(CR)Today, if you ^(CS)hear his voice,
⁸    ^(CT)do not harden your hearts, as at ^(CU)Meribah,
    as on the day at ^(CV)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹when your fathers put me to the ^(CW)test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^(CX)work.
¹⁰^(CY)For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known ^(CZ)my ways.”
¹¹Therefore I ^(DA)swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter ^(DB)my rest.”