Jun 13 - Psalms 90-95
Psalms
1A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation2Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God3And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men4For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night5which was held for nothing: so their years shall be6In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry7For, at your wrath, we have withered away, and we have been disturbed by your fury8You have placed our iniquities in your sight, our age in the illumination of your countenance9For all our days have faded away, and at your wrath, we have fainted. Our years will be considered to be like a spider’s web10The days of our years in them are seventy years. But in the powerful, they are eighty years, and more of these are with hardship and sorrow. For mildness has overwhelmed us, and we shall be corrected11Who knows the power of your wrath? And, before fear, can your wrat12be numbered? So make known your right hand, along with men learned in heart, in wisdom13Return, O Lord, how long? And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants14We were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we exulted and delighted all our days15We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, because of the years in which we saw evils16Look down upon your servants and upon their works, and direct their sons17And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us. And so, direct the works of our hands over us; direct even the work of our hands
1The Praise of a Canticle, of David. Whoever dwells with the assistance of the Most High will abide in the protection of the God of heaven2He will say to the Lord, "You are my supporter and my refuge." My God, I will hope in him3For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word4He will overshadow you with his shoulders, and you will hope under his wings5His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night6before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness, nor of invasion and the midday demon7A thousand will fall before your side and ten thousand before your right hand. Yet it will not draw near you8So then, truly, you will consider with your eyes, and you will see the retribution of sinners9For you, O Lord, are my hope. You have set the Most High as your refuge10Disaster will not draw near to you, and the scourge will not approach your tabernacle11For he has given his Angels charge over you, so as to preserve you in all your ways12With their hands, they will carry you, lest you hurt your foot against a stone13You will walk over the asp and the king serpent, and you will trample the lion and the dragon14Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name15He will cry out to me, and I will heed him. I am with him in tribulation. I will rescue him, and I will glorify him16I will fill him with length of days. And I will reveal to him my salvation
1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath. It is good to confess to the Lord and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High2to announce your mercy in the morning, and your truth throughout the night3upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, with a canticle, upon stringed instruments4For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, and I will exult in the works of your hands5How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts have been made exceedingly deep6A foolish man will not know these things, and a senseless one will not understand7when sinners will have risen up like grass, and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared, that they shall pass away, age after age8But you, O Lord, are the Most High for all eternity9For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed10And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy11And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me12The just one will flourish like the palm tree. He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon13Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God14They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well15so that they may announce that the Lord our God is righteous and that there is no iniquity in him
1The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. In the time before the Sabbath, when the earth was founded. The Lord has reigned. He has been clothed with beauty. The Lord has been clothed with strength, and he has girded himself. Yet he has also confirmed the world, which will not be moved2My throne is prepared from of old. You are from everlasting3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves4before the noise of many waters. Wondrous are the surges of the sea; wondrous is the Lord on high5Your testimonies have been made exceedingly trustworthy. Sanctity befits your house, O Lord, with length of days
1A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver2Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory4How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out5They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance6They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan7And they have said, "The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.8Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones9He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely10He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke11The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain12Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law13So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners14For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance15even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart16Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity17Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell18If ever I said, "My foot is slipping," then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me19According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul20Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment21They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood22And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope23And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them
1The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior2Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms3For the Lord is a great God and a great King over all gods4For in his hand are all the limits of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his5For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land6Come, let us adore and fall prostrate, and let us weep before the Lord who made us7For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand8If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts9as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works10For forty years, I was offended by that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart11And these have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest