Psalm 83–84

¹A Song,—A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

²For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

³Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

⁴They have said, ‘Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.’

⁵For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

⁶Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

⁷Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,

⁸Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

⁹Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

¹⁰They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

¹¹Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,

¹²Who have said, ‘Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.’

¹³O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

¹⁴As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

¹⁵So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

¹⁷They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

¹⁸And they know that Thou—(Thy name is Jehovah—by Thyself,) Art the Most High over all the earth!

Psalm 84

¹To the Overseer.—‘On the Gittith By sons of Korah.’—A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!

²My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

³(Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.

⁴O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.

⁵O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways are in their heart.

⁶Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.

⁷They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.

⁸O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

⁹Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,

¹⁰For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

¹¹For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

¹²Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.

Psalm 85