Day 181: Psalms 89 - 94
Bible in a year reading for day 181.
Psalms 89
- 35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
- 36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- 37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
- 38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
- 39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- 40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
- 41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
- 42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
- 43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
- 44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- 45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
- 46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
- 47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
- 48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- 49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
- 50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- 51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
- 52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
Psalms 90
- 1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
- 2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- 3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
- 4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- 5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- 6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
- 7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- 8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- 9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
- 10 The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- 11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
- 13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
- 14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
- 15 Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
- 16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
- 17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
Psalms 91
- 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 2 I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- 3 Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- 4 He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- 5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
- 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
- 7 Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
- 8 You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
- 9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
- 10 no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
- 11 For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
- 12 They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- 13 You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
- 14 “Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
- 15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Psalms 92
- 1 A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- 2 to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
- 3 with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- 4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
- 5 How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
- 6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- 7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- 8 But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- 9 For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
- 10 But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
- 11 My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
- 12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- 13 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- 14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- 15 to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
Psalms 93
- 1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- 2 Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.
- 3 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- 4 Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
- 5 Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
Psalms 94
- 1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
- 2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
- 3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- 4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- 5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
- 6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- 7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- 8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
- 9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
- 10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
- 12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- 13 to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
- 14 For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.