Book of Psalms bible study Psalms 78 through 99

           

            Here is a continuation of the book of Psalms bible study. This bible study covers Psalms 78 through 99 and the Psalms in that group cover prayer, praise and also some other Psalms are in the group, too. These are written by David and Asaph, among others, several of whom are anyonymous and have much excellent content for us to apply to our lives today.

For those who are wanting to do the whole book of Psalms as a bible study or if you are interested in the prior 27 Psalms, please feel free to go to this link which has Psalms 51 through 77 in it

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Psalm 78

(Psalm 78:1)  A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!

 

(Psalm 78:2)  I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

 

(Psalm 78:3)  things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.

 

(Psalm 78:4)  We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

 

(Psalm 78:5)  He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

 

(Psalm 78:6)  that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,

 

(Psalm 78:7)  so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

 

(Psalm 78:8)  and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

 

(Psalm 78:9)  The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.

 

(Psalm 78:10)  They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.

 

(Psalm 78:11)  They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them.

 

(Psalm 78:12)  In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

 

(Psalm 78:13)  He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.

 

(Psalm 78:14)  In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

 

(Psalm 78:15)  He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.

 

(Psalm 78:16)  He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

 

(Psalm 78:17)  Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

 

(Psalm 78:18)  They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

 

(Psalm 78:19)  They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

 

(Psalm 78:20)  He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?"

 

(Psalm 78:21)  Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel,

 

(Psalm 78:22)  because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.

 

(Psalm 78:23)  Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,

 

(Psalm 78:24)  and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.

 

(Psalm 78:25)  Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.

 

(Psalm 78:26)  He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

 

(Psalm 78:27)  he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

 

(Psalm 78:28)  he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.

 

(Psalm 78:29)  And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.

 

(Psalm 78:30)  But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,

 

(Psalm 78:31)  the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel.

 

(Psalm 78:32)  In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe.

 

(Psalm 78:33)  So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.

 

(Psalm 78:34)  When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.

 

(Psalm 78:35)  They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer.

 

(Psalm 78:36)  But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

 

(Psalm 78:37)  Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.

 

(Psalm 78:38)  Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.

 

(Psalm 78:39)  He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

 

(Psalm 78:40)  How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!

 

(Psalm 78:41)  They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

 

(Psalm 78:42)  They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,

 

(Psalm 78:43)  when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.

 

(Psalm 78:44)  He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.

 

(Psalm 78:45)  He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.

 

(Psalm 78:46)  He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

 

(Psalm 78:47)  He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost.

 

(Psalm 78:48)  He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.

 

(Psalm 78:49)  He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.

 

(Psalm 78:50)  He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.

 

(Psalm 78:51)  He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

 

(Psalm 78:52)  Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

 

(Psalm 78:53)  He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

 

(Psalm 78:54)  And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.

 

(Psalm 78:55)  He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

 

(Psalm 78:56)  Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,

 

(Psalm 78:57)  but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

 

(Psalm 78:58)  For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.

 

(Psalm 78:59)  When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.

 

(Psalm 78:60)  He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind,

 

(Psalm 78:61)  and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.

 

(Psalm 78:62)  He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage.

 

(Psalm 78:63)  Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song.

 

(Psalm 78:64)  Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

 

(Psalm 78:65)  Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.

 

(Psalm 78:66)  And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame.

 

(Psalm 78:67)  He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

 

(Psalm 78:68)  but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

 

(Psalm 78:69)  He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.

 

(Psalm 78:70)  He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

 

(Psalm 78:71)  from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.

 

(Psalm 78:72)  With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.

 

Psalm 79

(Psalm 79:1)  A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

 

(Psalm 79:2)  They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

 

(Psalm 79:3)  They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.

 

(Psalm 79:4)  We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.

 

(Psalm 79:5)  How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

 

(Psalm 79:6)  Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!

 

(Psalm 79:7)  For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.

 

(Psalm 79:8)  Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.

 

(Psalm 79:9)  Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!

 

(Psalm 79:10)  Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!

 

(Psalm 79:11)  Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

 

(Psalm 79:12)  Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

 

(Psalm 79:13)  But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

 

Psalm 80

(Psalm 80:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

 

(Psalm 80:2)  Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us!

 

(Psalm 80:3)  Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!

 

(Psalm 80:4)  O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?

 

(Psalm 80:5)  You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.

 

(Psalm 80:6)  You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

 

(Psalm 80:7)  Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!

 

(Psalm 80:8)  You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

 

(Psalm 80:9)  You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.

 

(Psalm 80:10)  The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.

 

(Psalm 80:11)  It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.

 

(Psalm 80:12)  Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

 

(Psalm 80:13)  The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.

 

(Psalm 80:14)  Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,

 

(Psalm 80:15)  the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.

 

(Psalm 80:16)  They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!

 

(Psalm 80:17)  But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!

 

(Psalm 80:18)  Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name!

 

(Psalm 80:19)  Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

 

Psalm 81

(Psalm 81:1)  To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!

 

(Psalm 81:2)  Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.

 

(Psalm 81:3)  Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

 

(Psalm 81:4)  For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.

 

(Psalm 81:5)  He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known:

 

(Psalm 81:6)  "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.

 

(Psalm 81:7)  In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

 

(Psalm 81:8)  Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

 

(Psalm 81:9)  There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

 

(Psalm 81:10)  I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

 

(Psalm 81:11)  "But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.

 

(Psalm 81:12)  So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

 

(Psalm 81:13)  Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

 

(Psalm 81:14)  I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.

 

(Psalm 81:15)  Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.

 

(Psalm 81:16)  But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

 

Psalm 82

(Psalm 82:1)  A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

 

(Psalm 82:2)  "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

 

(Psalm 82:3)  Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

 

(Psalm 82:4)  Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

 

(Psalm 82:5)  They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

 

(Psalm 82:6)  I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;

 

(Psalm 82:7)  nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince."

 

(Psalm 82:8)  Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!

 

Psalm 83

(Psalm 83:1)  A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

 

(Psalm 83:2)  For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.

 

(Psalm 83:3)  They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.

 

(Psalm 83:4)  They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

 

(Psalm 83:5)  For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant--

 

(Psalm 83:6)  the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

 

(Psalm 83:7)  Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

 

(Psalm 83:8)  Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah

 

(Psalm 83:9)  Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

 

(Psalm 83:10)  who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.

 

(Psalm 83:11)  Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

 

(Psalm 83:12)  who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."

 

(Psalm 83:13)  O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

 

(Psalm 83:14)  As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

 

(Psalm 83:15)  so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!

 

(Psalm 83:16)  Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.

 

(Psalm 83:17)  Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,

 

(Psalm 83:18)  that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

 

Psalm 84

(Psalm 84:1)  To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!

 

(Psalm 84:2)  My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

 

(Psalm 84:3)  Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

 

(Psalm 84:4)  Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah

 

(Psalm 84:5)  Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

 

(Psalm 84:6)  As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.

 

(Psalm 84:7)  They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.

 

(Psalm 84:8)  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

 

(Psalm 84:9)  Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!

 

(Psalm 84:10)  For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

 

(Psalm 84:11)  For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

 

(Psalm 84:12)  O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!

 

Psalm 85

(Psalm 85:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.

 

(Psalm 85:2)  You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah

 

(Psalm 85:3)  You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.

 

(Psalm 85:4)  Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!

 

(Psalm 85:5)  Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

 

(Psalm 85:6)  Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

 

(Psalm 85:7)  Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.

 

(Psalm 85:8)  Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.

 

(Psalm 85:9)  Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

 

(Psalm 85:10)  Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

 

(Psalm 85:11)  Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.

 

(Psalm 85:12)  Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

 

(Psalm 85:13)  Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.

 

Psalm 86

(Psalm 86:1)  A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

 

(Psalm 86:2)  Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you--you are my God.

 

(Psalm 86:3)  Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.

 

(Psalm 86:4)  Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

 

(Psalm 86:5)  For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

 

(Psalm 86:6)  Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.

 

(Psalm 86:7)  In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.

 

(Psalm 86:8)  There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.

 

(Psalm 86:9)  All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

 

(Psalm 86:10)  For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.

 

(Psalm 86:11)  Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.

 

(Psalm 86:12)  I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.

 

(Psalm 86:13)  For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

 

(Psalm 86:14)  O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.

 

(Psalm 86:15)  But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 86:16)  Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.

 

(Psalm 86:17)  Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

 

Psalm 87

(Psalm 87:1)  A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song. On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

 

(Psalm 87:2)  the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

 

(Psalm 87:3)  Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God. Selah

 

(Psalm 87:4)  Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush-- "This one was born there," they say.

 

(Psalm 87:5)  And of Zion it shall be said, "This one and that one were born in her"; for the Most High himself will establish her.

 

(Psalm 87:6)  The LORD records as he registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah

 

(Psalm 87:7)  Singers and dancers alike say, "All my springs are in you."

 

Psalm 88

(Psalm 88:1)  A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.

 

(Psalm 88:2)  Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!

 

(Psalm 88:3)  For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

 

(Psalm 88:4)  I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,

 

(Psalm 88:5)  like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.

 

(Psalm 88:6)  You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.

 

(Psalm 88:7)  Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah

 

(Psalm 88:8)  You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

 

(Psalm 88:9)  my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.

 

(Psalm 88:10)  Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

 

(Psalm 88:11)  Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

 

(Psalm 88:12)  Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

 

(Psalm 88:13)  But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

 

(Psalm 88:14)  O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?

 

(Psalm 88:15)  Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

 

(Psalm 88:16)  Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.

 

(Psalm 88:17)  They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.

 

(Psalm 88:18)  You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

 

Psalm 89

(Psalm 89:1)  A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

 

(Psalm 89:2)  For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness."

 

(Psalm 89:3)  You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

 

(Psalm 89:4)  'I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah

 

(Psalm 89:5)  Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!

 

(Psalm 89:6)  For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,

 

(Psalm 89:7)  a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?

 

(Psalm 89:8)  O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?

 

(Psalm 89:9)  You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

 

(Psalm 89:10)  You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

 

(Psalm 89:11)  The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

 

(Psalm 89:12)  The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

 

(Psalm 89:13)  You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.

 

(Psalm 89:14)  Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

 

(Psalm 89:15)  Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,

 

(Psalm 89:16)  who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.

 

(Psalm 89:17)  For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.

 

(Psalm 89:18)  For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

 

(Psalm 89:19)  Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

 

(Psalm 89:20)  I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,

 

(Psalm 89:21)  so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.

 

(Psalm 89:22)  The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.

 

(Psalm 89:23)  I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

 

(Psalm 89:24)  My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

 

(Psalm 89:25)  I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

 

(Psalm 89:26)  He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'

 

(Psalm 89:27)  And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

 

(Psalm 89:28)  My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

 

(Psalm 89:29)  I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

 

(Psalm 89:30)  If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,

 

(Psalm 89:31)  if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

 

(Psalm 89:32)  then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,

 

(Psalm 89:33)  but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 89:34)  I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

 

(Psalm 89:35)  Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

 

(Psalm 89:36)  His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.

 

(Psalm 89:37)  Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." Selah

 

(Psalm 89:38)  But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.

 

(Psalm 89:39)  You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.

 

(Psalm 89:40)  You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

 

(Psalm 89:41)  All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

 

(Psalm 89:42)  You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

 

(Psalm 89:43)  You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.

 

(Psalm 89:44)  You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.

 

(Psalm 89:45)  You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

 

(Psalm 89:46)  How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

 

(Psalm 89:47)  Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

 

(Psalm 89:48)  What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

 

(Psalm 89:49)  Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

 

(Psalm 89:50)  Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,

 

(Psalm 89:51)  with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.

 

(Psalm 89:52)  Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

 

Psalm 90

(Psalm 90:1)  A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.

 

(Psalm 90:2)  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

 

(Psalm 90:3)  You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"

 

(Psalm 90:4)  For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

 

(Psalm 90:5)  You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:

 

(Psalm 90:6)  in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.

 

(Psalm 90:7)  For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.

 

(Psalm 90:8)  You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

 

(Psalm 90:9)  For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

 

(Psalm 90:10)  The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

 

(Psalm 90:11)  Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?

 

(Psalm 90:12)  So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

 

(Psalm 90:13)  Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!

 

(Psalm 90:14)  Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

 

(Psalm 90:15)  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.

 

(Psalm 90:16)  Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.

 

(Psalm 90:17)  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

 

Psalm 91

(Psalm 91:1)  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

 

(Psalm 91:2)  I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

 

(Psalm 91:3)  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

 

(Psalm 91:4)  He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

 

(Psalm 91:5)  You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

 

(Psalm 91:6)  nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

 

(Psalm 91:7)  A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

 

(Psalm 91:8)  You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.

 

(Psalm 91:9)  Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge--

 

(Psalm 91:10)  no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

 

(Psalm 91:11)  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

 

(Psalm 91:12)  On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

 

(Psalm 91:13)  You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

 

(Psalm 91:14)  "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.

 

(Psalm 91:15)  When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

 

(Psalm 91:16)  With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."

 

Psalm 92

(Psalm 92:1)  A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

 

(Psalm 92:2)  to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,

 

(Psalm 92:3)  to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.

 

(Psalm 92:4)  For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

 

(Psalm 92:5)  How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep!

 

(Psalm 92:6)  The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:

 

(Psalm 92:7)  that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;

 

(Psalm 92:8)  but you, O LORD, are on high forever.

 

(Psalm 92:9)  For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.

 

(Psalm 92:10)  But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.

 

(Psalm 92:11)  My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

 

(Psalm 92:12)  The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

 

(Psalm 92:13)  They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God.

 

(Psalm 92:14)  They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

 

(Psalm 92:15)  to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

 

Psalm 93

(Psalm 93:1)  The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

 

(Psalm 93:2)  Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.

 

(Psalm 93:3)  The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

 

(Psalm 93:4)  Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!

 

(Psalm 93:5)  Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

 

Psalm 94

(Psalm 94:1)  O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!

 

(Psalm 94:2)  Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!

 

(Psalm 94:3)  O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

 

(Psalm 94:4)  They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.

 

(Psalm 94:5)  They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.

 

(Psalm 94:6)  They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

 

(Psalm 94:7)  and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."

 

(Psalm 94:8)  Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

 

(Psalm 94:9)  He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

 

(Psalm 94:10)  He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge--

 

(Psal  94:11)  the LORD--knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

 

(Psalm 94:12)  Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

 

(Psalm 94:13)  to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

 

(Psalm 94:14)  For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;

 

(Psalm 94:15)  for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

 

(Psalm 94:16)  Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?

 

(Psalm 94:17)  If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

 

(Psalm 94:18)  When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

 

(Psalm 94:19)  When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

 

(Psalm 94:20)  Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?

 

(Psalm 94:21)  They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

 

(Psalm 94:22)  But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.

 

(Psalm 94:23)  He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.

 

Psalm 95

(Psalm 95:1)  Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

 

(Psalm 95:2)  Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

 

(Psalm 95:3)  For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

 

(Psalm 95:4)  In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

 

(Psalm 95:5)  The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

 

(Psalm 95:6)  Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

 

(Psalm 95:7)  For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,

 

(Psalm 95:8)  do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

 

(Psalm 95:9)  when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

 

(Psalm 95:10)  For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways."

 

(Psalm 95:11)  Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."

 

Psalm 96

(Psalm 96:1)  Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!

 

(Psalm 96:2)  Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

 

(Psalm 96:3)  Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

 

(Psalm 96:4)  For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

 

(Psalm 96:5)  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

 

(Psalm 96:6)  Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

 

(Psalm 96:7)  Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!

 

(Psalm 96:8)  Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!

 

(Psalm 96:9)  Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!

 

(Psalm 96:10)  Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."

 

(Psalm 96:11)  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

 

(Psalm 96:12)  let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

 

(Psalm 96:13)  before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

 

Psalm 97

(Psalm 97:1)  The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

 

(Psalm 97:2)  Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

 

(Psalm 97:3)  Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around.

 

(Psalm 97:4)  His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

 

(Psalm 97:5)  The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

 

(Psalm 97:6)  The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.

 

(Psalm 97:7)  All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!

 

(Psalm 97:8)  Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O LORD.

 

(Psalm 97:9)  For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

 

(Psalm 97:10)  O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

 

(Psalm 97:11)  Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

 

Psalm 98

(Psalm 98:1)  A Psalm. Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

 

(Psalm 98:2)  The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

 

(Psalm 98:3)  He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

 

(Psalm 98:4)  Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

 

(Psalm 98:5)  Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!

 

(Psalm 98:6)  With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

 

(Psalm 98:7)  Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!

 

(Psalm 98:8)  Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together

 

(Psalm 98:9)  before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

 

Psalm 99

(Psalm 99:1)  The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

 

(Psalm 99:2)  The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.

 

(Psalm 99:3)  Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!

 

(Psalm 99:4)  The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

 

(Psalm 99:5)  Exalt the LORD our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

 

(Psalm 99:6)  Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called upon his name. They called to the LORD, and he answered them.

 

(Psalm 99:7)  In the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them; they kept his testimonies and the statute that he gave them.

 

(Psalm 99:8)  O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

 

(Psalm 99:9)  Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!

For the next group of Psalms, which include Psalms 100 to 118, please go tho this link

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These Psalms all show how merciful and wonderful God really is, listening to our prayers and deserving of all of our praise that we offer Him. There also is advice on how to live, as well. Jesus came and died for all of us, out of love, so we can be restored to a good relationship with Him and the Father, and there is nothing comparable to an excellent relationship with God the Father, nothing at all because He is so good to each and every one if us and loves us more than we can know. I am now including a prayer which you can use to invite Jesus into your heart to start this wonderful love relationship or have Him come back, if you have drifted away for any reason. Please pray this following prayer with me:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours