Psalm 80–84

PSALM 80

O God, Restore Us

For the choir director. ^†El Shoshannim. ^•Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

¹O ^aShepherd of Israel, give ear,

You who guide ^bJoseph like a flock;

You who ^care enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

²Before ^aEphraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, ^bstir up Your might

And come to save us!

³O God, ^arestore us

And ^bcause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved.

⁴O ^aYahweh God of hosts,

^bHow long will You ¹smolder against the prayer of Your people?

⁵You have fed them with the ^abread of tears,

And You have made them to drink tears in ¹large measure.

⁶You set us as ¹an object of strife ^ato our neighbors,

And our enemies mock us among themselves.

⁷O God of hosts, restore us

And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.

⁸You removed a ^avine from Egypt;

You ^bdrove out the ¹nations and then You ^cplanted it.

⁹You ^acleared the ground before it,

And it ^btook deep root and filled the land.

¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And ¹the cedars of God with its ^aboughs.

¹¹It sent out its branches ^ato the sea

And its shoots to the River.

¹²Why have You ^abroken down its ¹hedges,

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

¹³A boar from the forest ^adevours it

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴O God of hosts, ^areturn now, we beseech You;

^bLook down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,

¹⁵Even the ^1asapling which Your right hand has planted,

And on the ²son whom You have ³strengthened for Yourself.

¹⁶It is ^aburned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish at the ^brebuke of Your face.

¹⁷Let ^aYour hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

Upon the son of man whom You ^bmade strong for Yourself.

¹⁸Then we shall not ^aturn back from You;

^bRevive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹O Yahweh God of hosts, ^arestore us;

Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.

PSALM 81

Oh That My People Would Listen to Me

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.

^1aSing for joy to God our ^bstrength;

Make a loud ^cshout to the ^dGod of Jacob.

²Lift up a song of praise, strike ^athe tambourine,

The sweet sounding ^blyre with the ^charp.

³Blow the trumpet at the ^anew moon,

At the full moon, on our ^bfeast day.

⁴For it is a statute for Israel,

^aA judgment of the God of Jacob.

⁵He established it for a testimony in Joseph

When he ^awent forth over the land of Egypt.

I heard a ^blanguage that I did not know:

⁶“I ^1arelieved his shoulder of the burden,

His hands were freed from the ²basket.

⁷“You ^acalled in distress and I rescued you;

I ^banswered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I tested you at the ^cwaters of Meribah. ¹Selah.

⁸“^aHear, O My people, and I will testify against you;

O Israel, if you ^bwould listen to Me!

⁹“Let there be no ^astrange god among you;

And you shall not worship a foreign god.

¹⁰“^aI am Yahweh your God,

Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;

^bOpen your mouth wide and I will ^cfill it.

¹¹“But My people ^adid not listen to My voice,

And Israel was not willing to obey Me.

¹²“So I ^areleased ¹them over to the stubbornness of their heart,

That they would walk in their own devices.

¹³“Oh that My people ^awould listen to Me,

That Israel would ^bwalk in My ways!

¹⁴“I would quickly ^asubdue their enemies

And I would ^bturn My hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵“^aThose who hate Yahweh would ^bcower before Him,

And their time of punishment would be forever.

¹⁶“¹But I would feed you with the ^2afinest of the wheat,

And with ^bhoney from the rock I would satisfy you.”

PSALM 82

God Stands in Judgment

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹God takes His ^astand in the congregation of ¹God;

He ^bjudges in the midst of ^2cgods.

²How long will you ^ajudge unrighteously

And ^bshow partiality to the wicked? ¹Selah.

^3aGive justice to the poor and the orphan;

Justify the afflicted and destitute.

^4aProtect the poor and needy;

Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

⁵They ^ado not know and do not understand;

They ^bwalk about in darkness;

All the ^cfoundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶¹I ^asaid, “You are gods,

And all of you are ^bsons of the Most High.

⁷“Nevertheless ^ayou will die like men

And you will fall like any ^bone of the princes.”

^8aArise, O God, ^bjudge the earth!

For it is You who ^cwill inherit all the nations.

PSALM 83

O God, Do Not Be Quiet

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, ^ado not remain at rest;

^bDo not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet.

²For behold, Your enemies ^aroar,

And ^bthose who hate You have ^clifted up their heads.

³They ^amake shrewd plans against Your people,

And ¹conspire together against ^bYour ²treasured ones.

⁴They have said, “Come, and ^alet us wipe them out ¹as a nation,

That the ^bname of Israel be remembered no more.”

⁵For they have ^1aconspired together with one heart;

Against You they cut a covenant:

⁶The tents of ^aEdom and the ^bIshmaelites,

^cMoab and the ^dHagrites;

^7aGebal and ^bAmmon and ^cAmalek,

^dPhilistia with the inhabitants of ^eTyre;

^8aAssyria also has joined with them;

They have become ¹the power of the ^bchildren of Lot. ²Selah.

⁹Do to them ^aas to Midian,

As ^bto Sisera, and Jabin at the river of Kishon,

¹⁰Who were destroyed at En-dor,

Who ^awere as dung for the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like ^aOreb and Zeeb

And all their princes like ^bZebah and Zalmunna,

¹²Who said, “^aLet us possess for ourselves

The ^bpastures of God.”

¹³O my God, make them like the ^1awhirling dust,

Like ^bchaff before the wind.

¹⁴Like ^afire that burns the forest

And like a flame that ^bburns up the mountains,

¹⁵So pursue them ^awith Your tempest

And dismay them with Your storm.

^16aFill their faces with disgrace,

That they may seek Your name, O Yahweh.

¹⁷Let them be ^aashamed and dismayed forever,

And let them be humiliated and perish,

¹⁸That they may ^aknow that ^bYou alone—Your name is Yahweh—

Are the ^cMost High over all the earth.

PSALM 84

Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts in You

For the choir director. According to the ^†Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

¹How lovely are Your ^adwelling places,

O Yahweh of hosts!

²My ^asoul has longed and even ¹fainted for the courts of Yahweh;

My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the ^bliving God.

³Even the bird has found a home,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,

At Your ^aaltars, O Yahweh of hosts,

^bMy King and my God.

⁴How ^ablessed are those who dwell in Your house!

They are ^bever praising You. ¹Selah.

⁵How blessed is the man whose ^astrength is in You,

In ¹whose heart are the ^bhighways to Zion!

⁶Passing through the valley of ¹Baca they make it a ²spring;

The ^aearly rain also wraps it up with blessings.

⁷They ^ago from strength to strength,

¹Each one of them ^bappears before God in Zion.

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

Give ear, O ^bGod of Jacob! Selah.

⁹See our ^ashield, O God,

And look upon the face of ^bYour anointed.

¹⁰For ^abetter is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.

I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For Yahweh God is ^aa sun and ^bshield;

Yahweh gives grace and ^cglory;

^dNo good thing does He withhold ¹from those who walk blamelessly.

¹²O Yahweh of hosts,

How ^ablessed is the man who trusts in You!