Psalm 81-83
New American Standard Bible
God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.
For the music director; [a]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
81 (A)Sing for joy to God our (B)strength;
Shout (C)joyfully to the (D)God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song, strike (E)the tambourine,
The sweet sounding (F)lyre with the (G)harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the (H)new moon,
At the full moon, on our (I)feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it as a testimony in Joseph
When he [b](J)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a (K)language I did not know:
6 “I [c](L)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the [d]basket.
7 You (M)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I (N)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I put you to the test at the (O)waters of Meribah. Selah
8 (P)Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you (Q)would listen to Me!
9 There shall be no (R)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship a foreign god.
10 (S)I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
(T)Open your mouth wide and I will (U)fill it.
11 “But My people (V)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [e]obey Me.
12 So I (W)gave [f]them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk by their own plans.
13 Oh that My people (X)would listen to Me,
That Israel would (Y)walk in My ways!
14 I would quickly (Z)subdue their enemies
And (AA)turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 (AB)Those who hate the Lord would (AC)pretend to obey Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
16 [g]But I would feed you with the [h](AD)finest of the wheat,
And with (AE)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Unjust Judgments Rebuked.
A Psalm of Asaph.
82 God takes His (AF)position in [i]His assembly;
He (AG)judges in the midst of the (AH)gods.
2 How long will you (AI)judge unjustly
And (AJ)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 (AK)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 (AL)Rescue the weak and needy;
Save them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They (AM)do not know nor do they understand;
They (AN)walk around in darkness;
All the (AO)foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 [j]I (AP)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are (AQ)sons of the Most High.
7 Nevertheless (AR)you will die like men,
And fall like (AS)one of the princes.”
8 (AT)Arise, God, (AU)judge the earth!
For You (AV)possess all the nations.
God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
83 God, (AW)do not remain quiet;
(AX)Do not be silent and, God, do not be still.
2 For behold, Your enemies (AY)make an uproar,
And (AZ)those who hate You have [k](BA)exalted themselves.
3 They (BB)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And [l]conspire together against (BC)Your [m]treasured ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and (BD)let’s wipe them out [n]as a nation,
So that the (BE)name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
5 For they have [o](BF)conspired together with one mind;
They make a covenant against You:
6 The tents of (BG)Edom and the (BH)Ishmaelites,
(BI)Moab and the (BJ)Hagrites;
7 (BK)Gebal, (BL)Ammon, and (BM)Amalek,
(BN)Philistia with the inhabitants of (BO)Tyre;
8 (BP)Assyria also has joined them;
They have become [p]a help to the (BQ)children of Lot. Selah
9 Deal with them (BR)as with Midian,
As (BS)with Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon,
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who (BT)became like dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (BU)Oreb and Zeeb,
And all their leaders like (BV)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “(BW)Let’s possess for ourselves
The (BX)pastures of God.”
13 My God, make them like the [q](BY)whirling dust,
Like (BZ)chaff before the wind.
14 Like (CA)fire that burns the forest,
And like a flame that (CB)sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them (CC)with Your heavy gale,
And terrify them with Your storm.
16 (CD)Fill their faces with dishonor,
So that they will seek Your name, Lord.
17 May they be (CE)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And may they be humiliated and perish,
18 So that they will (CF)know that (CG)You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the (CH)Most High over all the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 81 Title Or according to
- Psalm 81:5 Lit went out over
- Psalm 81:6 Lit removed his shoulder from
- Psalm 81:6 Or brick load
- Psalm 81:11 Lit yield to
- Psalm 81:12 Lit him
- Psalm 81:16 Lit He would feed him
- Psalm 81:16 Lit fat
- Psalm 82:1 Lit the assembly of God
- Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part
- Psalm 83:2 Lit lifted up the head
- Psalm 83:3 Or consult
- Psalm 83:3 Or hidden ones
- Psalm 83:4 Lit from
- Psalm 83:5 Or consulted
- Psalm 83:8 Lit an arm
- Psalm 83:13 Or tumbleweed
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