Psalm 83–84

PSALM 83

God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, ^ado not remain quiet;

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

²For behold, Your enemies ^amake an uproar,

And ^bthose who hate You have ^1cexalted themselves.

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 mind;

Against You they make 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 ¹a help to the ^bchildren of Lot.

²Selah.

⁹Deal with them ^aas with Midian,

As ^bwith Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

¹⁰Who were destroyed at En-dor,

Who ^abecame 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 ^bsets the mountains on fire,

¹⁵So pursue them ^awith Your tempest

And terrify them with Your storm.

^16aFill their faces with dishonor,

That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be ^aashamed and dismayed forever,

And let them be humiliated and perish,

¹⁸That they may ^aknow that ^bYou alone, whose name is the Lord,

Are the ^cMost High over all the earth.

PSALM 84

Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the choir director; ^†on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹How lovely are Your ^adwelling places,

O Lord of hosts!

²My ^asoul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;

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

³The bird also has found a house,

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

Even Your ^aaltars, O Lord 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 covers it with blessings.

⁷They ^ago from strength to strength,

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

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

Give ear, O ^bGod of Jacob!

Selah.

⁹Behold our ^ashield, O God,

And look upon the face of ^bYour anointed.

¹⁰For ^aa day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.

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

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is ^aa sun and ^bshield;

The Lord gives grace and ^cglory;

^dNo good thing does He withhold ¹from those who walk ²uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

How ^ablessed is the man who trusts in You!