Psalm 83-85

English Standard Version

O God, Do Not Keep Silence

A Song. A Psalm of ^(A)Asaph.

83 O God, do not keep silence;
    ^(B)do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
²For behold, your enemies ^(C)make an uproar;
    those who hate you have ^(D)raised their heads.
³They lay ^(E)crafty plans against your people;
    they consult together against your ^(F)treasured ones.
⁴They say, “Come, ^(G)let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
⁵For they conspire with one accord;
    against you they make a covenant—
⁶the tents of ^(H)Edom and ^(I)the Ishmaelites,
    ^(J)Moab and ^(K)the Hagrites,
⁷^(L)Gebal and ^(M)Ammon and ^(N)Amalek,
    ^(O)Philistia with the inhabitants of ^(P)Tyre;
⁸^(Q)Asshur also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of ^(R)the children of Lot. Selah

⁹Do to them as you did to ^(S)Midian,
    as to ^(T)Sisera and Jabin at ^(U)the river Kishon,
¹⁰who were destroyed at ^(V)En-dor,
    who became ^(W)dung for the ground.
¹¹Make their nobles like ^(X)Oreb and Zeeb,
    all their princes like ^(Y)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹²who said, ^(Z)“Let us take possession for ourselves
    of the pastures of God.”

¹³O my God, make them like ^(AA)whirling dust,^[a]
    like ^(AB)chaff before the wind.
¹⁴As ^(AC)fire consumes the forest,
    as the flame ^(AD)sets the mountains ablaze,
¹⁵so may you pursue them ^(AE)with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane!
¹⁶^(AF)Fill their faces with shame,
    that they may seek your name, O Lord.
¹⁷Let them be ^(AG)put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,
¹⁸that they may ^(AH)know that you alone,
    ^(AI)whose name is the Lord,
    are ^(AJ)the Most High over all the earth.

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^(AK)The Gittith.^[b] A Psalm of ^(AL)the Sons of Korah.

84 How ^(AM)lovely is your ^(AN)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
²My soul ^(AO)longs, yes, ^(AP)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(AQ)the living God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    ^(AR)my King and my God.
⁴^(AS)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(AT)singing your praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    ^(AU)in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[c]
⁶As they go through the Valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    ^(AV)the early rain also covers it with ^(AW)pools.
⁷They go ^(AX)from strength to strength;
    each one ^(AY)appears before God in Zion.

⁸O ^(AZ)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
⁹^(BA)Behold our ^(BB)shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰For a day ^(BC)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^(BD)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹For the Lord God is ^(BE)a sun and ^(BF)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(BG)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(BH)walk uprightly.
¹²O Lord of hosts,
    ^(BI)blessed is the one who trusts in you!

Revive Us Again

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of ^(BJ)the Sons of Korah.

85 Lord, you were ^(BK)favorable to your land;
    you ^(BL)restored the fortunes of Jacob.
²You ^(BM)forgave the iniquity of your people;
    you ^(BN)covered all their sin. Selah
³You withdrew all your wrath;
    you ^(BO)turned from your hot anger.

⁴^(BP)Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
    and put away your indignation toward us!
⁵^(BQ)Will you be angry with us forever?
    Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
⁶Will you not ^(BR)revive us again,
    that your people may ^(BS)rejoice in you?
⁷Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.

⁸^(BT)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(BU)speak peace to his people, to his ^(BV)saints;
    but let them not ^(BW)turn back to ^(BX)folly.
⁹Surely his ^(BY)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(BZ)glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰^(CA)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    ^(CB)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
¹¹Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
¹²Yes, ^(CC)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land ^(CD)will yield its increase.
¹³^(CE)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.