Psalm 83–84

Psalm 83

A song; a psalm by Asaph. 

¹O God, do not remain silent. 

Do not turn a deaf ear to me. 

Do not keep quiet, O God. 

²Look, your enemies are in an uproar. 

Those who hate you hold their heads high. 

³They make plans in secret against your people 

and plot together against those you treasure. 

⁴They say, “Let’s wipe out their nation 

so that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.” 

⁵They agree completely on their plan. 

They form an alliance against you: 

⁶the tents from Edom and Ishmael, 

Moab and Hagar, 

⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, 

Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre. 

⁸Even Assyria has joined them. 

They helped the descendants of Lot. 

Selah 

⁹Do to them what you did to Midian, 

to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. 

¹⁰They were destroyed at Endor. 

They became manure to fertilize the ground. 

¹¹Treat their influential people as you treated Oreb and Zeeb. 

Treat all their leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna. 

¹²They said, “Let’s take God’s pasturelands for ourselves.” 

¹³O my God, blow them away like tumbleweeds,^a

like husks in the wind. 

¹⁴Pursue them with your storms, 

and terrify them with your windstorms 

¹⁵the way fire burns a forest 

and flames set mountains on fire.^b

¹⁶Let their faces blush with shame, O Lord, 

so that they must look to you for help. 

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and terrified forever. 

Let them die in disgrace 

¹⁸so that they must acknowledge you. 

Your name is the Lord. 

You alone are the Most High God of the whole earth. 

Psalm 84

For the choir director; on the gittith; a psalm by Korah’s descendants. 

¹Your dwelling place is lovely, O Lord of Armies! 

²My soul longs and yearns 

for the Lord’s courtyards. 

My whole body shouts for joy to the living God. 

³Even sparrows find a home, 

and swallows find a nest for themselves. 

There they hatch their young 

near your altars, O Lord of Armies, 

my king and my God. 

⁴Blessed are those who live in your house. 

They are always praising you. 

Selah 

⁵Blessed are those who find strength in you. 

Their hearts are on the road ⸤that leads to you⸥. 

⁶As they pass through a valley where balsam trees grow,^b

they make it a place of springs. 

The early rains cover it with blessings.^c

⁷Their strength grows as they go along 

until each one of them appears 

in front of God in Zion. 

⁸O Lord God, commander of armies, hear my prayer. 

Open your ears, O God of Jacob. 

Selah 

⁹Look at our shield, O God. 

Look with favor on the face of your anointed one. 

¹⁰One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand ⸤anywhere else⸥. 

I would rather stand in the entrance to my God’s house 

than live inside wicked people’s homes. 

¹¹The Lord God is a sun and shield. 

The Lord grants favor and honor. 

He does not hold back any blessing 

from those who live innocently. 

¹²O Lord of Armies, blessed is the person who trusts you.