Psalm 81–83

Psalm LXXXI.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.

^aSing aloud unto God our strength:

^bMake a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

²Take a psalm, and bring hither the ^ctimbrel,

The pleasant ^dharp with the ^dpsaltery.

³Blow up the ^etrumpet ^fin the new moon,

In ^gthe time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

⁴For this was a statute for Israel,

And a law of the God of Jacob.

⁵This he ordained in ^hJoseph for ⁱa testimony,

When ^khe went out through the land of Egypt:

^lWhere I heard a language that I ^munderstood not.

⁶I ⁿremoved his shoulder from the ^oburden:

His hands were delivered from the ^ppots.

^7qThou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;

I ^ranswered thee in the secret place of thunder:

I ^sproved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

^8tHear, O my people, and ^tI will testify unto thee:

O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

⁹There shall no ^ustrange god be in thee;

Neither shalt thou worship any ^wstrange god.

^10xI am the Lord thy God,

Which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:

^yOpen thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹But my people would not hearken to my voice;

And Israel ^yywould none of me.

¹²So I ^zgave them up unto their own heart’s lust:

And they ^awalked in their own counsels.

^13bO that my people had hearkened unto me,

And Israel ^chad walked in my ways!

¹⁴I should soon have subdued their enemies,

And ^dturned my hand against their adversaries.

^15eThe haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him:

But their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁶He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:

And with ^fhoney out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Psalm LXXXII.

A Psalm of Asaph.

^aGod ^bstandeth in the congregation of the mighty;

^cHe judgeth among the ^dgods.

^2eHow long will ye judge unjustly,

And ^fgaccept the persons ^gof the wicked? Selah.

³Defend the ^hpoor and ⁱfatherless:

ⁱDo justice to the afflicted and needy.

^4kDeliver the ^hpoor and needy:

^lRid them out of the hand of the wicked.

^5mThey know not, neither will they understand;

ⁿThey walk on in darkness:

^oAll the foundations of the earth are out of course.

^6pI have said, Ye are ^qgods;

And all of you are ^rchildren of the most High.

⁷But ^sye shall die ^tlike men,

And fall like one of the princes.

^8uArise, O God, judge the earth:

^xFor thou shalt inherit all nations.

Psalm LXXXIII.

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

^aKeep not thou silence, O God:

^bHold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

²For lo, thine enemies ^cmake a tumult:

And they that ^dhate thee have ^elift up the head.

^3fThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people,

And consulted against ^gthy hidden ones.

⁴They have said, Come, and let us ^hcut them off ⁱfrom being a nation;

That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

⁵For they have ^kconsulted together with one consent:

They ^lare confederate against thee:

⁶The tabernacles of ^mEdom, and the ⁿIshmaelites;

Of ^mMoab, and the ^oHagarenes;

^7psGebal, and ^mAmmon, and ^qAmalek;

The ^rPhilistines with the inhabitants of ^sTyre;

^8stAssur also is joined with them:

They have ^uholpen ^xthe children of Lot. Selah.

⁹Do unto them as unto the ^yMidianites;

As to ^zSisera, as to Jabin, at ^athe brook of Kison:

¹⁰Which perished at ^bEn-dor:

They became ^cas dung for the earth.

¹¹Make their nobles like ^dOreb, and like ^dZeeb:

Yea, all their ^eprinces as ^fZebah, and as ^fZalmunna:

¹²Who said, ^gLet us take to ourselves

The ^hhouses of God in possession.

¹³O my God, make them ⁱlike a wheel;

^kAs the stubble ^ipbefore the wind.

^14lAs the fire burneth a wood,

And as the flame ^msetteth the mountains on fire;

¹⁵So ⁱpersecute them ⁿwith thy ^otempest,

And make them afraid with thy ^ipstorm.

^16qFill their faces with shame;

That they may seek thy name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be ^rconfounded and troubled for ever;

Yea, let them be ^rput to shame, and perish:

¹⁸That men ^smay know that thou, ^twhose name ^ualone is JEHOVAH,

Art ^wthe most High over all the earth.