Psalm 80–84

Psalm 80

To the chief Musician ^*upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

¹Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

Thou that leadest ^aJoseph ^aalike a flock;

Thou that dwellest ^bbetween the cherubims, ^cshine forth.

^2dBefore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh

^eStir up thy strength,

And ^†come and save us.

^3fTurn us again, O God,

^gAnd cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

^4hO Lord God of hosts,

ⁱHow long ^†wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

⁵Thou feedest them with ^kthe bread of tears;

And givest them tears to drink in great ^lmeasure.

⁶Thou makest us a strife unto ^mour neighbours:

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

^7fTurn us again, O God of hosts,

And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

⁸Thou hast brought ⁿa vine out of Egypt:

Thou hast ^ocast out the heathen, and ^pplanted it.

⁹Thou ^qpreparedst room before it,

And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

¹⁰The hills were covered with the shadow of it,

And the boughs thereof were like ^†the goodly cedars.

¹¹She sent out her ^rboughs unto the sea,

And her ^sbranches ^tunto the river.

¹²Why hast thou then ^ubroken down her hedges,

So ^uthat all they which pass by the way do ^xpluck her?

¹³The boar ^yout of the wood doth waste it,

And ^zthe wild beast of the field doth devour it.

^14aReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:

^bLook down from heaven, and ^cbehold,

And visit this vine;

¹⁵And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,

And the ^dbranch that thou ^emadest strong for thyself.

¹⁶It is ^fburned with fire, it is ^fcut down:

They perish ^gat the rebuke of thy countenance.

^17hLet thy hand be upon the man of ⁱthy right hand,

Upon ^jthe son of man whom thou ^ehmadest strong for thyself.

¹⁸So will not we go back from thee:

^kQuicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

^19lTurn us again, O Lord God of hosts,

Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 81

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

^1aSing 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 hearts’ lust:

And they ^awalked in their own counsels.

^13bOh 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 82

A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

^1aGod ^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.

^3†Defend 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 83

^*A Song or Psalm ^||of Asaph.

^1aKeep 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 ^elifted 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.

Psalm 84

To the chief Musician ^*upon Gittith, A Psalm ^||for the sons of Korah.

^1*How ^aamiable are ^bthy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

^2cMy soul longeth, yea, even ^dfainteth for ^ethe courts of the Lord:

My heart and my flesh crieth out for ^fthe living God.

³Yea, the ^gsparrow hath found an house,

And the ^gswallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, ^hmy King, and my God.

⁴ⁱBlessed are they that dwell in thy house:

They ^kwill be still praising thee. Selah.

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;

In whose heart are ^lthe ways of them.

⁶Who passing through the valley ^||of Baca make it a well;

The ^mrain also ^†nfilleth the pools.

⁷They go ^||ofrom strength to strength,

Every one of them in Zion ^pappeareth before God.

^8qO Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:

Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

^9rBehold, O God our ^sshield,

And look upon the face of ^tthine anointed.

¹⁰For a day in ^ethy courts is better than a thousand.

^†I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,

Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is ^ua sun and ^sshield:

The Lord will give grace and glory:

^xNo good thing will he withhold from them that ^ywalk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

^zBlessed is the man that trusteth in thee.