1 Tu que habitas sob a proteção do Altíssimo, que moras à sombra do Onipotente,

2 dize ao Senhor: "Sois meu refúgio e minha cidadela, meu Deus, em quem eu confio".

3 É ele quem te livrará do laço do caçador, e da peste perniciosa.

4 Ele te cobrirá com suas plumas, sob suas asas encontrarás refúgio. Sua fidelidade te será um escudo de proteção.

5 Tu não temerás os terrores noturnos, nem a flecha que voa à luz do dia,

6 nem a peste que se propaga nas trevas, nem o mal que grassa ao meio-dia.

7 Caiam mil homens à tua esquerda e dez mil à tua direita: tu não serás atingido.

8 Porém, verás com teus próprios olhos, contemplarás o castigo dos pecadores,

9 porque o Senhor é teu refúgio. Escolheste, por asilo, o Altíssimo.

10 Nenhum mal te atingirá, nenhum flagelo chegará à tua tenda,

11 porque aos seus anjos ele mandou que te guardem em todos os teus caminhos.

12 Eles te sustentarão em suas mãos, para que não tropeces em alguma pedra.

13 Sobre serpente e víbora andarás, calcarás aos pés o leão e o dragão.

14 "Pois que se uniu a mim, eu o livrarei; e o protegerei, pois conhece o meu nome.

15 Quando me invocar, eu o atenderei; na tribulação estarei com ele. Hei de livrá-lo e o cobrirei de glória.

16 Será favorecido de longos dias, e eu lhe mostrarei a minha salvação."

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.*90.1 A Prayer…: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of Moses*90.1 in…: Heb. in generation and generation

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.*90.4 when…: or, when he hath passed them

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.*90.5 groweth…: or, is changed

6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.*90.9 passed…: Heb. turned away*90.9 as a…: or, as a meditation

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.*90.10 The days…: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.*90.12 apply: Heb. cause to come

13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.