Psalm 90

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

¹ Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations. ² Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art. ³ Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men? ⁴ For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night. ⁵ Years shall be ¹vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass. ⁶ In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up. ⁷ For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled. ⁸ Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have ²spun out their tale as a spider. ¹⁰ As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the ³greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened. ¹¹ Who knows the power of thy wrath? ¹² and who knows how to number his days because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.

¹³ Return, O Lord, how long? and ⁴be intreated concerning thy servants. ¹⁴ We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice: ¹⁵ let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil. ¹⁶ And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children. ¹⁷ And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou ⁵direct for us the works of our hands.⁶

Psalm 91

Praise of a Song, by David.

¹ He that dwells in the help of the Highest,

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shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. ² He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. ³ For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from every troublesome matter. ⁴ He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield. ⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day; ⁶ nor of the evil ⁷thing that walks in darkness; nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. ⁷ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. ⁸ Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners.

⁹ For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. ¹⁰ No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to thy dwelling. ¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ^{12 8}They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹³ Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.

¹⁴ For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. ¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. ¹⁶ I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.