Psalm 83–84

O God, Do Not Keep Silence

83A Song. A Psalm of ^gAsaph.

¹O God, do not keep silence;

^hdo not hold your peace or be still, O God!

²For behold, your enemies ⁱmake an uproar;

those who hate you have ^jraised their heads.

³They lay ^kcrafty plans against your people;

they consult together against your ^ltreasured ones.

⁴They say, “Come, ^mlet us wipe them out as a nation;

let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”

⁵For they conspire with one accord;

against you they make a covenant—

⁶the tents of ⁿEdom and ^othe Ishmaelites,

^pMoab and ^qthe Hagrites,

^7rGebal and ^pAmmon and ^sAmalek,

^tPhilistia with the inhabitants of ^uTyre;

^8vAsshur also has joined them;

they are the strong arm of ^wthe children of Lot. Selah

⁹Do to them as you did to ^xMidian,

as to ^ySisera and Jabin at ^zthe river Kishon,

¹⁰who were destroyed at ^aEn-dor,

who became ^bdung for the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like ^cOreb and Zeeb,

all their princes like ^dZebah and Zalmunna,

¹²who said, ^e“Let us take possession for ourselves

of the pastures of God.”

¹³O my God, make them like ^fwhirling dust,¹

like ^gchaff before the wind.

¹⁴As ^hfire consumes the forest,

as the flame ⁱsets the mountains ablaze,

¹⁵so may you pursue them ^jwith your tempest

and terrify them with your hurricane!

^16kFill their faces with shame,

that they may seek your name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be ^lput to shame and dismayed forever;

let them perish in disgrace,

¹⁸that they may ^mknow that you alone,

ⁿwhose name is the Lord,

are ^othe Most High over all the earth.

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

84To the choirmaster: according to ^pThe Gittith.¹ A Psalm of ^qthe Sons of Korah.

¹How ^rlovely is your ^sdwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

²My soul ^tlongs, yes, ^ufaints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to ^vthe living God.

³Even 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,

^wmy King and my God.

^4xBlessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever ^ysinging your praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

^zin whose heart are the highways to Zion.²

⁶As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

^athe early rain also covers it with ^bpools.

⁷They go ^cfrom strength to strength;

each one ^dappears before God in Zion.

⁸O ^eLord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

^9fBehold our ^gshield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰For a day ^hin your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be ⁱa doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is ^ja sun and ^gshield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

^kNo good thing does he withhold

from those who ^lwalk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

^mblessed is the one who trusts in you!