Psalm 83–84

Psalm 83

PRAYER AGAINST ENEMIES

A song. A psalm of Asaph.^s

¹God, do not keep silent.

Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.^t

²See how your enemies make an uproar;

those who hate you have acted arrogantly.^Bu

³They devise clever schemes against your people;

they conspire against your treasured ones.^v

⁴They say, “Come, lets wipe them out as a nation

so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”^w

⁵For they have conspired with one mind;

they form an alliance^C against you^x—

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,^y

Moab and the Hagrites,^z

⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,^aa

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.^ab

⁸Even Assyria has joined them;

they lend support^D to the sons of Lot.^Eac

Selah

⁹Deal with them as you did with Midian,^ad

as you did with Sisera

and Jabin at the Kishon River.^ae

¹⁰They were destroyed at En-dor;

they became manure for the ground.^af

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^ag

and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,^ah

¹²who said, “Lets seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”^ai

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, my God,

like straw before the wind.^aj

¹⁴As fire burns a forest,

as a flame blazes through mountains,^ak

¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest

and terrify them with your storm.^al

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame

so that they will seek your name, Lord.^am

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;

let them perish in disgrace.^an

¹⁸May they know that you alone—

whose name is the Lord—

are the Most High over the whole earth.^a

Psalm 84

LONGING FOR GOD’S HOUSE

For the choir director: on the Gittith.^b A psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹How lovely is your dwelling place,

Lord of Armies.^c

²I long and yearn

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh cry out for^A the living God.^d

³Even a sparrow finds a home,

and a swallow, a nest for herself

where she places her young—

near your altars, Lord of Armies,

my King and my God.^e

⁴How happy are those who reside in your house,

who praise you continually.^f

Selah

⁵Happy are the people whose strength is in you,

whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^g

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca,^B

they make it a source of spring water;

even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.^Ch

⁷They go from strength to strength;

each appears before God in Zion.ⁱ

⁸Lord God of Armies, hear my prayer;

listen, God of Jacob.^j

Selah

⁹Consider our shield,^D God;^k

look on the face of your anointed one.^l

¹⁰Better a day in your courts

than a thousand anywhere else.

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God

than live in the tents of wicked people.^m

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and shield.ⁿ

The Lord grants favor and honor;

he does not withhold the good

from those who live with integrity.^o

¹²Happy is the person who trusts in you,

Lord of Armies!^p