Chapter 88

1 O LORD, the God ^R2729 of my salvation, I have cried ^R2730 out by day and in the night before You. 2 Let my prayer come ^R2731 before You; Incline ^R2732 Your ear to my cry! 3 For my soul ^R2733 has had ^F933 enough troubles, And my ^R2734 life has drawn near to Sheol. ^F934 4 I am reckoned among those who go ^R2735 down to the pit; I have become like a man without ^R2736 strength, 5 Forsaken ^F935 among ^R2737 the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut ^R2738 off from Your hand. 6 You have put me in the ^R2739 lowest pit, In dark ^R2740 places, in the depths. ^R2741 7 Your wrath has ^R2742 rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all ^R2743 Your waves. Selah. ^F936 8 You have removed my ^R2744 acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object ^{R2745 F937} of loathing to them; I am shut ^R2746 up and cannot go out. 9 My eye ^R2747 has wasted away because of affliction; I have called ^R2748 upon You every day, O LORD; I have spread ^R2749 out my hands ^F938 to You.

10 Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the ^R2750 departed ^F939 spirits rise and praise You? Selah. 11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? ^F940 12 Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? ^R2751 And Your righteousness ^F941 in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But I, O LORD, have cried out to ^R2752 You for help, And in ^R2753 the morning my prayer comes before You. 14 O LORD, why do ^R2754 You reject my soul? Why do You hide ^R2755 Your face from me? 15 I was afflicted and about ^R2756 to die from my youth on; I suffer Your ^R2757 terrors; I am overcome. ^F942 16 Your burning ^R2758 anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed ^{R2759 F943} me. 17 They have surrounded ^R2760 me like ^R2761 water all day long; They have encompassed ^R2762 me altogether. 18 You have removed lover ^R2763 and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.

Chapter 89

1 I will sing ^R2764 of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; To all generations I will make ^R2765 known Your faithfulness ^R2766 with my mouth. 2 For I have said, "Lovingkindness ^R2767 will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." ^R2768 3 "I have made a covenant with My ^R2769 chosen; I have sworn ^R2770 to David My servant, 4 I will establish your seed ^R2771 forever And build up your throne ^R2772 to all generations." Selah. ^F944

5 The heavens ^R2773 will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in ^R2774 the assembly of the holy ^R2775 ones. 6 For who ^R2776 in the skies is comparable to the LORD? Who among the sons ^{R2777 F945} of the mighty is like the LORD, 7 A God greatly ^R2778 feared in the council of the holy ^R2779 ones, And awesome ^R2780 above all those who are around Him? 8 O LORD God of hosts, who ^R2781 is like You, O mighty LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. 9 You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still ^R2782 them. 10 You Yourself crushed Rahab ^{R2783 F947} like one who is slain; You scattered ^R2784 Your enemies with Your ^F948 mighty arm. 11 The heavens ^R2785 are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world ^R2786 and all ^F949 it contains, You have founded them. 12 The north ^R2787 and the south, You have created them; Tabor ^R2788 and Hermon ^R2789 shout ^R2790 for joy at Your name. 13 You have a ^F950 strong arm; Your hand is mighty, Your right ^R2791 hand is exalted. 14 Righteousness ^R2792 and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness ^R2793 and truth ^F951 go before You.

15 How blessed are the people who know the joyful ^{R2794 F952} sound! O LORD, they walk in the light ^R2795 of Your countenance. 16 In Your ^R2796 name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. 17 For You are the glory of their ^R2797 strength, And by Your favor our ^F953 horn ^R2798 is exalted. 18 For our shield ^R2799 belongs to the LORD, And ^F954 our king to the Holy ^R2800 One of Israel.

19 Once ^F955 You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, ^F956 And said, "I have given ^F957 help to one who is mighty; ^R2801 I have exalted one chosen ^R2802 from the people. 20 "I have found ^R2803 David My servant; With My holy oil ^R2804 I have anointed him, 21 With whom My ^R2805 hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen ^R2806 him. 22 "The enemy will not deceive ^F958 him, Nor the son ^{R2807 F959} of wickedness afflict him. 23 "But I shall crush ^R2808 his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. 24 "My faithfulness ^R2809 and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn ^R2810 will be exalted. 25 "I shall also set his hand on ^R2811 the sea And his right hand on the rivers. 26 "He will cry to Me, `You are my ^R2812 Father, My God, and the rock ^R2813 of my salvation.' 27 "I also shall make him My firstborn, ^R2814 The highest ^R2815 of the kings of the earth. 28 "My lovingkindness ^R2816 I will keep for him forever, And My covenant ^R2817 shall be confirmed to him. 29 "So I will establish his descendants ^{R2818 F960} forever And his throne ^R2819 as ^R2820 the days of heaven. 30 "If his sons forsake ^R2821 My law And do not walk in My judgments, 31 If they violate ^F961 My statutes And do not keep My commandments, 32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod ^R2822 And their iniquity with stripes. 33 "But I will not break off My ^R2823 lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. 34 "My covenant ^R2824 I will not violate, ^F962 Nor will I alter ^R2825 the ^F963 utterance of My lips. 35 "Once ^F964 I have sworn ^R2826 by My holiness; I will not lie to David. 36 "His descendants ^{R2827 F965} shall endure forever And his throne ^R2828 as ^R2829 the sun before Me. 37 "It shall be established forever like ^R2830 the moon, And the witness ^R2831 in the sky is faithful." Selah. ^F966

38 But You have cast ^R2832 off and rejected, ^R2833 You have been full of wrath against ^F967 Your anointed. ^R2834 39 You have spurned ^R2835 the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned ^R2836 his ^R2837 crown in ^F968 the dust. 40 You have broken ^R2838 down all his walls; You have brought ^R2839 his strongholds to ruin. 41 All ^R2840 who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach ^R2841 to his neighbors. 42 You have exalted ^R2842 the right hand of his adversaries; You have made ^R2843 all his enemies rejoice. 43 You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not ^R2844 made him stand in battle. 44 You have made his splendor ^{R2845 F969} to cease And cast his throne to the ground. 45 You have shortened ^R2846 the days of his youth; You have covered ^R2847 him with shame. Selah. 46 How ^R2848 long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath ^R2849 burn like fire? 47 Remember ^R2850 what ^F970 my span of life is; For what vanity ^R2851 You ^F971 have created all the sons of men! 48 What man can live and not see ^R2852 death? Can he deliver ^R2853 his soul from the power ^F972 of Sheol? ^F973 Selah. 49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore ^R2854 to David in Your faithfulness? 50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach ^R2855 of Your servants; How ^F974 I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, 51 With which Your ^R2856 enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ^R2857 anointed. 52 Blessed ^R2858 be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

Chapter 90

1 Lord, You have been our dwelling ^{R2859 F975} place in all generations. 2 Before the ^R2860 mountains were born Or ^F976 You gave ^R2861 birth to the earth and the world, Even from ^R2862 everlasting to everlasting, You are God. 3 You turn ^R2863 man back into dust And say, "Return, O children of men." 4 For a ^R2864 thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday ^R2865 when it passes by, Or ^F977 as a watch ^R2866 in the night. 5 You have ^R2867 swept ^F978 them away like a flood, they fall ^{R2868 F979} asleep; In the morning they are like grass ^R2869 which sprouts ^F980 anew. 6 In the morning it flourishes ^R2870 and sprouts ^F981 anew; Toward evening it fades ^R2871 and withers ^R2872 away.

7 For we have been consumed ^R2873 by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed. ^F982 8 You have placed ^R2874 our iniquities before You, Our secret ^R2875 sins in the light of Your presence. 9 For all ^R2876 our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh. ^F983 10 As for the days of our life, ^F984 they ^F985 contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty ^R2877 years, Yet their pride is but labor ^R2878 and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly ^R2879 away. 11 Who understands ^F986 the power ^R2880 of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear ^R2881 that ^F987 is due You?

12 So teach ^R2882 us to number our days, That we may present ^{R2883 F988} to You a heart of wisdom. 13 Do return, ^R2884 O LORD; how ^R2885 long will it be? And be ^F989 sorry ^R2886 for Your servants. 14 O satisfy ^R2887 us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing ^R2888 for joy and be glad all our days. 15 Make ^R2889 us glad according ^F990 to the days You have afflicted us, And the years ^R2890 we have seen evil. ^F991 16 Let Your work ^R2891 appear to Your servants And Your majesty ^R2892 to ^F992 their children. 17 Let the favor ^R2893 of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm ^{R2894 F993} for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm ^F993 the work of our hands.

Chapter 91

1 He who dwells in the shelter ^R2895 of the Most High Will abide in the shadow ^R2896 of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge ^R2897 and my fortress, ^R2898 My God, in whom I trust!" ^R2899 3 For it is He who delivers you from the snare ^R2900 of the trapper And from the deadly pestilence. ^R2901 4 He will cover ^R2902 you with His pinions, And under ^R2903 His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness ^R2904 is a shield ^R2905 and bulwark. 5 You will ^R2906 not be afraid of the terror ^R2907 by night, Or of the arrow ^R2908 that flies by day; 6 Of the pestilence ^R2909 that stalks ^F994 in darkness, Or of the destruction ^R2910 that lays waste at noon. 7 A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it ^R2911 shall not approach you. 8 You will only look on with your eyes And see ^R2912 the recompense of the wicked.

9 For ^F995 you have made the LORD, my ^R2913 refuge, Even the Most High, your ^R2914 dwelling place. 10 No ^R2915 evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. ^F996 11 For He will give His ^R2916 angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. 12 They will bear ^R2917 you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread ^R2918 upon the lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent ^F997 you will trample down. 14 "Because ^R2919 he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set ^R2920 him securely on high, because he has known ^R2921 My name. 15 "He will call ^R2922 upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; ^F998 I will rescue him and honor ^R2923 him. 16 "With a ^F999 long ^R2924 life I will satisfy him And let ^{R2925 F1000} him see My salvation."