Psalm 90

Domine, refugium

Lord, thou hast been our refuge *

from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made *

thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.

Thou turnest man to destruction *

again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday *

seeing that is past as a watch in the night.

As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep *

and fade away suddenly like the grass.

In the morning it is green, and groweth up *

but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

For we consume away in thy displeasure *

and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee *

and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

For when thou art angry all our days are gone *

we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years *

yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

But who regardeth the power of thy wrath *

for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

So teach us to number our days *

that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last *

and be gracious unto thy servants.

O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon *

so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us *

and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

Shew thy servants thy work *

and their children thy glory.

And the glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us *

prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper thou our handywork.

Psalm 91

Qui habitat

Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High *

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold *

my God, in him will I trust.

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter *

and from the noisome pestilence.

He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers *

his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night *

nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness *

nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.

A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand *

but it shall not come nigh thee.

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold *

and see the reward of the ungodly.

For thou, Lord, art my hope *

thou hast set thine house of defence very high.

There shall no evil happen unto thee *

neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee *

to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee in their hands *

that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder *

the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him *

I will set him up, because he hath known my Name.

He shall call upon me, and I will hear him *

yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

With long life will I satisfy him *

and shew him my salvation.

Psalm 92

Bonum est confiteri

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord *

and to sing praises unto thy Name, O most Highest;

To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning *

and of thy truth in the night-season;

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute *

upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works *

and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands.

O Lord, how glorious are thy works *

thy thoughts are very deep.

An unwise man doth not well consider this *

and a fool doth not understand it.

When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish *

then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the most Highest for evermore.

For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish *

and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.

But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn *

for I am anointed with fresh oil.

Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies *

and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree *

and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.

Such as are planted in the house of the Lord *

shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age *

and shall be fat and well-liking.

That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is *

and that there is no unrighteousness in him.