Psalms 89-94 - Prayer Tents

89[A psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.H4905H387H250H7891H2617H3068H5769H6310H3045H530H1755H1755 2Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.H559H2617H1129H5769H530H3559H8064 3The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him.H3772H1285H972H7650H1732H5650 4‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” InterludeH2233H3559H5704H5769H1129H3678H1755H1755H5542 5All heaven will praise your great wonders, Lord; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.H8064H3034H6382H3068H530H6951H6918 6For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?H7834H6186H3068H1121H410H1819H3068 7The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.H410H7227H6206H5475H6918H3372H5439 8O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord? You are entirely faithful.H3068H430H6635H2626H3050H530H5439 9You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.H4910H1348H3220H1530H7721H7623 10You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.H1792H7294H1792H2491H6340H341H5797H2220 11The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.H8064H776H8398H4393H3245 12You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.H6828H3225H1254H8396H2768H7442H8034 13Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.H1369H2220H5810H3027H7311H3225 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.H6664H4941H4349H3678H2617H571H6923H6440 15Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord.H835H5971H3045H8643H1980H3068H216H6440 16They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.H8034H1523H3117H6666H7311 17You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.H8597H5797H7522H7161H7311H7311 18Yes, our protection comes from the Lord, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.H3068H4043H6918H3478H4428 19Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.H1696H2377H2623H559H7737H5828H1368H7311H977H5971 20I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.H4672H1732H5650H6944H8081H4886 21I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.H3027H3559H2220H553 22His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.H341H5378H1121H5766H6031 23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.H3807H6862H6440H5062H8130 24My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.H530H2617H8034H7161H7311 25I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.H7760H3027H3220H3225H5104 26And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’H7121H1H410H6697H3444 27I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.H5414H1060H5945H4428H776 28I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.H2617H8104H5769H1285H539 29I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.H2233H7760H5703H3678H3117H8064 30But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,H1121H5800H8451H3212H4941 31if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,H2490H2708H8104H4687 32then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.H6485H6588H7626H5771H5061 33But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.H2617H6331H530H8266 34No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.H1285H2490H8138H4161H8193 35I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie.H259H7650H6944H3576H1732 36His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.H2233H5769H3678H8121 37It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” InterludeH3559H5769H3394H539H5707H7834H5542 38But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.H2186H3988H5674H4899 39You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.H5010H1285H5650H2490H5145H776 40You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.H6555H1448H7760H4013H4288 41Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.H5674H1870H8155H2781H7934 42You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.H7311H3225H6862H341H8055 43You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.H7725H6697H2719H6965H4421 44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.H2892H7673H4048H3678H4048H776 45You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. InterludeH3117H5934H7114H5844H955H5542 46O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?H3068H5641H5331H2534H1197H784 47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!H2142H2465H1254H1121H120H7723 48No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. InterludeH1397H2421H7200H4194H4422H5315H3027H7585H5542 49Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.H136H7223H2617H7650H1732H530 50Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.H2142H136H2781H5650H5375H2436H7227H5971 51Your enemies have mocked me, O Lord; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.H341H2778H3068H2778H6119H4899 52Praise the Lord forever! Amen and amen!H1288H3068H5769H543H543

90[A prayer of Moses, the man of God.] Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!H8605H4872H376H430H136H4583H1755H1755 2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.H2022H3205H2342H776H8398H5769H5704H5769H410 3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!”H7725H582H1793H559H7725H1121H120 4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.H505H8141H5869H3117H865H5674H821H3915 5You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.H2229H8142H1242H2682H2498 6In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.H1242H6692H2498H6153H4135H3001 7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.H3615H639H2534H926 8You spread out our sins before you—our secret sins—and you see them all.H7896H5771H5956H3974H6440 9We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.H3117H6437H5678H3615H8141H1899 10Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.H3117H8141H7657H8141H7657H1369H8084H8141H7296H5999H205H2440H1468H5774 11Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.H3045H5797H639H3374H5678 12Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.H3045H4487H3117H935H3824H2451 13O Lord, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants!H7725H3068H5162H5650 14Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.H7646H1242H2617H7442H8055H3117 15Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good.H8055H3117H6031H8141H7200H7451 16Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory.H6467H7200H5650H1926H1121 17And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!H5278H3068H430H3559H4639H3027H4639H3027H3559

91Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.H3427H5643H5945H3885H6738H7706 2This I declare about the Lord. He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.H559H3068H4268H4686H430H982 3For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.H5337H6341H3353H1942H1698 4He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.H5526H84H3671H2620H571H6793H5507 5Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.H3372H6343H3915H2671H5774H3119 6Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.H1698H1980H652H6986H7736H6672 7Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.H505H5307H6654H7233H3225H5066 8Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.H5869H5027H7200H8011H7563 9If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter,H7760H3068H4268H5945H4583 10no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.H7451H579H5061H7126H168 11For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.H4397H6680H8104H1870 12They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.H5375H3709H5062H7272H68 13You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!H1869H7826H6620H3715H8577H7429 14The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.H2836H6403H7682H3045H8034 15When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.H7121H6030H6869H2502H3513 16I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”H753H3117H7646H7200H3444

92[A psalm. A song to be sung on the Sabbath Day.] It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.H4210H7892H7676H3117H2896H3034H3068H2167H8034H59452It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening,H5046H2617H1242H530H39153accompanied by the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.H6218H5035H3658H19024You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.H3068H8055H6467H7442H4639H30275O Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.H3068H1431H4639H4284H3966H60096Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this.H1198H376H3045H3684H9957Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.H7563H6524H6212H6466H205H6692H8045H57038But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.H3068H4791H57699Your enemies, Lord, will surely perish; all evildoers will be scattered.H341H3068H341H6H6466H205H650410But you have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil.H7161H7311H7214H1101H7488H808111My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.H5869H5027H7790H241H8085H7489H696512But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.H6662H6524H8558H7685H730H384413For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.H8362H1004H3068H6524H2691H43014Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.H5107H7872H1879H748815They will declare, “The Lord is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!”H5046H3068H3477H6697H5766H5766

93The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty. Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.H3068H4427H3847H1348H3068H3847H5797H247H8398H3559H4131 2Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past.H3678H3559H227H5769 3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.H5104H5375H3068H5104H5375H6963H5104H5375H1796 4But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore—the Lord above is mightier than these!H3068H4791H117H6963H7227H4325H117H4867H3220 5Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O Lord, is holy forever and ever.H5713H3966H539H6944H4998H1004H3068H753H3117