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Psalm 73-89
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 73-89
Christian Standard Bible
BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)
Psalm 73
God’s Ways Vindicated
A psalm of Asaph.(A)
1 God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.(B)
2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
my steps nearly went astray.(C)
3 For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(D)
4 They have an easy time until they die,[a]
and their bodies are well fed.[b](E)
5 They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.(F)
6 Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.(G)
7 Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.(H)
8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.(I)
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.(J)
10 Therefore his people turn to them[c]
and drink in their overflowing words.[d](K)
11 The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?” (L)
12 Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.(M)
13 Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?(N)
14 For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.(O)
15 If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed your people.[e](P)
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it seemed hopeless[f](Q)
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.(R)
18 Indeed, you put them in slippery places;
you make them fall into ruin.(S)
19 How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.(T)
20 Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.(U)
21 When I became embittered
and my innermost being[g] was wounded,(V)
22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward you.(W)
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold my right hand.(X)
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me up in glory.[h](Y)
25 Who do I have in heaven but you?
And I desire nothing on earth but you.(Z)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[i] of my heart,
my portion forever.(AA)
27 Those far from you will certainly perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.(AB)
28 But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all you do.(AC)
Psalm 74
Prayer for Israel
A Maskil of Asaph.(AD)
1 Why have you rejected us forever, God?
Why does your anger burn
against the sheep of your pasture?(AE)
2 Remember your congregation,
which you purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.(AF)
Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.(AG)
3 Make your way[j] to the perpetual ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.(AH)
4 Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where you met with us.[k]
They set up their emblems as signs.(AI)
5 It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,(AJ)
6 then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.(AK)
7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly[l] desecrated
the dwelling place of your name.(AL)
8 They said in their hearts,
“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned every place throughout the land
where God met with us.[m](AM)
9 There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.(AN)
10 God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult your name forever?(AO)
11 Why do you hold back your hand?
Stretch out[n] your right hand and destroy them!(AP)
12 God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.(AQ)
13 You divided the sea with your strength;
you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;(AR)
14 you crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you fed him to the creatures of the desert. (AS)
15 You opened up springs and streams;(AT)
you dried up ever-flowing rivers.(AU)
16 The day is yours, also the night;
you established the moon and the sun.(AV)
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made summer and winter.(AW)
18 Remember this: the enemy has mocked the Lord,
and a foolish people has insulted your name.(AX)
19 Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;[o]
do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.(AY)
20 Consider the covenant,(AZ)
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.(BA)
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.(BB)
22 Rise up, God, champion your cause!(BC)
Remember the insults
that fools bring against you all day long.(BD)
23 Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries,
the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly.(BE)
Psalm 75
God Judges the Wicked
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.(BF) A song.
1 We give thanks to you, God;
we give thanks to you, for your name is near.(BG)
People tell about your wondrous works.(BH)
2 “When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.(BI)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the one who steadies its pillars.(BJ)Selah
4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.(BK)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven[p]
or speak arrogantly.’”(BL)
6 Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
7 for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.(BM)
8 For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.(BN)
9 As for me, I will tell about him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.(BO)
10 “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,(BP)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(BQ)
Psalm 76
God, the Powerful Judge
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph.(BR) A song.
1 God is known in Judah;
his name is great in Israel.(BS)
2 His tent is in Salem,
his dwelling place in Zion.(BT)
3 There he shatters the bow’s flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.(BU)Selah
4 You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.(BV)
5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.(BW)
6 At your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.(BX)
7 And you—you are to be feared.[q]
When you are angry,
who can stand before you?(BY)
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet(BZ)
9 when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.(CA)Selah
10 Even human wrath will praise you;
you will clothe yourself
with the wrath that remains.[r](CB)
11 Make and keep your vows
to the Lord your God;(CC)
let all who are around him bring tribute
to the awe-inspiring one.[s](CD)
12 He humbles the spirit of leaders;
he is feared by the kings of the earth.(CE)
Psalm 77
Confidence in a Time of Crisis
For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph.(CF) A psalm.
1 I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.(CG)
2 I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.(CH)
3 I think of God; I groan;
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.(CI)Selah
4 You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.(CJ)
5 I consider days of old,
years long past.(CK)
6 At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.(CL)
7 “Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?(CM)
8 Has his faithful love ceased forever?
Is his promise at an end for all generations?(CN)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” (CO)Selah
10 So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”[t](CP)
11 I will remember the Lord’s works;
yes, I will remember your ancient wonders.(CQ)
12 I will reflect on all you have done
and meditate on your actions.(CR)
13 God, your way is holy.
What god is great like God?(CS)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
you revealed your strength among the peoples.(CT)
15 With power you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.(CU)Selah
16 The water saw you, God.
The water saw you; it trembled.
Even the depths shook.(CV)
17 The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
your arrows flashed back and forth.(CW)
18 The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.(CX)
The earth shook and quaked.(CY)
19 Your way went through the sea
and your path through the vast water,
but your footprints were unseen.(CZ)
20 You led your people like a flock(DA)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(DB)
Psalm 78
Lessons from Israel’s Past
A Maskil of Asaph.(DC)
1 My people, hear my instruction;
listen to the words from my mouth.(DD)
2 I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past(DE)—
3 things we have heard and known
and that our ancestors have passed down to us.(DF)
4 We will not hide them from their children,
but will tell a future generation
the praiseworthy acts of the Lord,
his might, and the wondrous works
he has performed.(DG)
5 He established a testimony in Jacob
and set up a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach to their children(DH)
6 so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children(DI)
7 so that they might put their confidence in God
and not forget God’s works,
but keep his commands.(DJ)
8 Then they would not be like their ancestors,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.(DK)
9 The Ephraimite archers turned back
on the day of battle.(DL)
10 They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.(DM)
11 They forgot what he had done,
the wondrous works he had shown them.(DN)
12 He worked wonders in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan.(DO)
13 He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall.(DP)
14 He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.(DQ)
15 He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.(DR)
16 He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.(DS)
17 But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.(DT)
18 They deliberately[u] tested God,
demanding the food they craved.(DU)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
20 Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.(DV)
But can he also provide bread
or furnish meat for his people?” (DW)
21 Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel(DX)
22 because they did not believe God
or rely on his salvation.(DY)
23 He gave a command to the clouds above
and opened the doors of heaven.(DZ)
24 He rained manna for them to eat;
he gave them grain from heaven.(EA)
25 People[v] ate the bread of angels.[w]
He sent them an abundant supply of food.(EB)
26 He made the east wind blow in the skies
and drove the south wind by his might.(EC)
27 He rained meat on them like dust,
and winged birds like the sand of the seas.
28 He made them fall in the camp,
all around the tents.(ED)
29 The people ate and were completely satisfied,
for he gave them what they craved.(EE)
30 Before they had turned from what they craved,
while the food was still in their mouths,
31 God’s anger flared up against them,
and he killed some of their best men.
He struck down Israel’s fit young men.(EF)
32 Despite all this, they kept sinning
and did not believe his wondrous works.(EG)
33 He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.(EH)
34 When he killed some of them,
the rest began to seek him;
they repented and searched for God.(EI)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God, their Redeemer.(EJ)
36 But they deceived him with their mouths,
they lied to him with their tongues,(EK)
37 their hearts were insincere toward him,
and they were unfaithful to his covenant.(EL)
38 Yet he was compassionate;
he atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them.
He often turned his anger aside
and did not unleash[x] all his wrath.(EM)
39 He remembered that they were only flesh,
a wind that passes and does not return.(EN)
40 How often they rebelled against him
in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert.
41 They constantly tested God(EO)
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.(EP)
42 They did not remember his power shown
on the day he redeemed them from the foe,(EQ)
43 when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt
and his wonders in the territory of Zoan.(ER)
44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.(ES)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies,(ET)
which fed on them,
and frogs, which devastated them.(EU)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.(EV)
47 He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.
48 He handed over their livestock to hail
and their cattle to lightning bolts.(EW)
49 He sent his burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.[y](EX)
50 He cleared a path for his anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.(EY)
51 He struck all the firstborn(EZ) in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.(FA)
52 He led his people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.(FB)
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid;
but the sea covered their enemies.(FC)
54 He brought them to his holy territory,
to the mountain his right hand acquired.(FD)
55 He drove out nations before them.(FE)
He apportioned their inheritance by lot
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.(FF)
56 But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep his decrees.(FG)
57 They treacherously turned away like their ancestors;
they became warped like a faulty bow.(FH)
58 They enraged him with their high places
and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.(FI)
59 God heard and became furious;
he completely rejected Israel.(FJ)
60 He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where he resided among mankind.(FK)
61 He gave up his strength to captivity
and his splendor to the hand of a foe.(FL)
62 He surrendered his people to the sword
because he was enraged with his heritage.(FM)
63 Fire consumed his chosen young men,
and his young women had no wedding songs.[z](FN)
64 His priests fell by the sword,
and the widows could not lament.(FO)
65 The Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.(FP)
66 He beat back his foes;
he gave them lasting disgrace.(FQ)
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph
and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.(FR)
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.(FS)
70 He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;(FT)
71 he brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over his people Jacob—
over Israel, his inheritance.(FU)
72 He shepherded them with a pure heart
and guided them with his skillful hands.(FV)
Psalm 79
Faith amid Confusion
A psalm of Asaph.(FW)
1 God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,
desecrated your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.(FX)
2 They gave the corpses of your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of your faithful ones
to the beasts of the earth.(FY)
3 They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.(FZ)
4 We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.(GA)
5 How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?(GB)
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,(GC)
7 for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.(GD)
8 Do not hold past iniquities[aa] against us;
let your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become very weak.(GE)
9 God of our salvation, help us,(GF)
for the glory of your name.
Rescue us and atone for our sins,
for your name’s sake.(GG)
10 Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?” (GH)
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants
be known among the nations.(GI)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners reach you;
according to your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.(GJ)
12 Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors(GK)
the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord.(GL)
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,(GM)
will thank you forever;
we will declare your praise
to generation after generation.(GN)
Psalm 80
A Prayer for Restoration
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”(GO) A testimony of Asaph.(GP) A psalm.
1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;(GQ)
you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(GR)
shine(GS) 2 on Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.(GT)
Rally your power and come to save us.(GU)
3 Restore us, God;
make your face shine on us,(GV)
so that we may be saved.(GW)
4 Lord God of Armies,
how long will you be angry
with your people’s prayers?(GX)
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure[ab]
of tears to drink.(GY)
6 You put us at odds with our neighbors;
our enemies mock us.(GZ)
7 Restore us, God of Armies;
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.(HA)
8 You dug up a vine from Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.(HB)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.(HC)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars[ac] with its branches.(HD)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea[ad]
and shoots toward the River.[ae](HE)
12 Why have you broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?(HF)
13 Boars from the forest tear at it
and creatures of the field feed on it.(HG)
14 Return, God of Armies.(HH)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the root[af] your right hand planted,
the son[ag] that you made strong for yourself.(HI)
16 It was cut down and burned;
they[ah] perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(HJ)
17 Let your hand be with the man at your right hand,
with the son of man
you have made strong for yourself.(HK)
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive us, and we will call on your name.(HL)
19 Restore us, Lord, God of Armies;(HM)
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.(HN)
Psalm 81
A Call to Obedience
For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.(HO)
1 Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.(HP)
2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.(HQ)
3 Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts[ai]
during the new moon(HR)
and during the full moon.
4 For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.(HS)
5 He set it up as a decree for Joseph
when he went throughout[aj] the land of Egypt.(HT)
I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 “I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.(HU)
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.(HV)
I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.(HW)Selah
8 Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to me!(HX)
9 There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.(HY)
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.(HZ)
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(IA)
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel did not obey me.(IB)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.(IC)
13 If only my people would listen to me
and Israel would follow my ways,(ID)
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.”(IE)
15 Those who hate the Lord
would cower to him;(IF)
their doom would last forever.(IG)
16 But he would feed Israel[ak] with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”(IH)
Psalm 82
A Plea for Righteous Judgment
A psalm of Asaph.(II)
1 God stands in the divine assembly;
he pronounces judgment among the gods:[al](IJ)
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?(IK)Selah
3 Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.(IL)
4 Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”(IM)
5 They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.(IN)
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.(IO)
6 I said, “You are gods;(IP)
you are all sons of the Most High.(IQ)
7 However, you will die like humans
and fall like any other ruler.”(IR)
8 Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to you.(IS)
Psalm 83
Prayer against Enemies
A song. A psalm of Asaph.(IT)
1 God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.(IU)
2 See how your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have acted arrogantly.[am](IV)
3 They devise clever schemes against your people;
they conspire against your treasured ones.(IW)
4 They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”(IX)
5 For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance[an] against you(IY)—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,(IZ)
Moab and the Hagrites,(JA)
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,(JB)
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.(JC)
8 Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support[ao] to the sons of Lot.[ap](JD)Selah
9 Deal with them as you did with Midian,(JE)
as you did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.(JF)
10 They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.(JG)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(JH)
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,(JI)
12 who said, “Let’s seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”(JJ)
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.(JK)
14 As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,(JL)
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your storm.(JM)
16 Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek your name, Lord.(JN)
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.(JO)
18 May they know that you alone—
whose name is the Lord—
are the Most High over the whole earth.(JP)
Psalm 84
Longing for God’s House
For the choir director: on the Gittith.(JQ) A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord of Armies.(JR)
2 I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for[aq] the living God.(JS)
3 Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near your altars, Lord of Armies,
my King and my God.(JT)
4 How happy are those who reside in your house,
who praise you continually.(JU)Selah
5 Happy are the people whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(JV)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,[ar]
they make it a source of spring water;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.[as](JW)
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.(JX)
8 Lord God of Armies, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.(JY)Selah
9 Consider our shield,[at] God;(JZ)
look on the face of your anointed one.(KA)
10 Better a day in your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
than live in the tents of wicked people.(KB)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.(KC)
The Lord grants favor and honor;
he does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.(KD)
12 Happy is the person who trusts in you,
Lord of Armies!(KE)
Psalm 85
Restoration of Favor
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 Lord, you showed favor to your land;(KF)
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.[au](KG)
2 You forgave your people’s guilt;
you covered all their sin.(KH)Selah
3 You withdrew all your fury;
you turned from your burning anger.(KI)
4 Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon your displeasure with us.(KJ)
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger for all generations?(KK)
6 Will you not revive us again
so that your people may rejoice in you?(KL)
7 Show us your faithful love, Lord,
and give us your salvation.(KM)
8 I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to his people, his faithful ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.(KN)
9 His salvation is very near those who fear him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.(KO)
10 Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.(KP)
11 Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.(KQ)
12 Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.(KR)
13 Righteousness will go before him
to prepare the way for his steps.(KS)
Psalm 86
Lament and Petition
A prayer of David.
1 Listen, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.(KT)
2 Protect my life, for I am faithful.(KU)
You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.(KV)
3 Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.(KW)
4 Bring joy to your servant’s life,
because I appeal to you, Lord.(KX)
5 For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,(KY)
abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.(KZ)
6 Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my cries for mercy.(LA)
7 I call on you in the day of my distress,
for you will answer me.(LB)
8 Lord, there is no one like you among the gods,
and there are no works like yours.(LC)
9 All the nations you have made
will come and bow down before you, Lord,
and will honor your name.(LD)
10 For you are great and perform wonders;
you alone are God.(LE)
11 Teach me your way, Lord,
and I will live by your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.(LF)
12 I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor your name forever.(LG)
13 For your faithful love for me is great,
and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.(LH)
14 God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men intends to kill me.
They do not let you guide them.[av](LI)
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.(LJ)
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give your strength to your servant;
save the son of your female servant.(LK)
17 Show me a sign of your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because you, Lord, have helped and comforted me.(LL)
Psalm 87
Zion, the City of God
A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song.
1 The city he founded[aw] is on the holy mountains.(LM)
2 The Lord loves Zion’s city gates
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.(LN)
3 Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.(LO)Selah
4 “I will make a record of those who know me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there.”(LP)
5 And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The Most High himself will establish her.(LQ)
6 When he registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”(LR)Selah
7 Singers and dancers[ax] alike will say,[ay]
“My whole source of joy is[az] in you.”(LS)
Psalm 88
A Cry of Desperation
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.(LT)
1 Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before you day and night.(LU)
2 May my prayer reach your presence;
listen to my cry.(LV)
3 For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.(LW)
4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.(LX)
I am like a man without strength,(LY)
5 abandoned[ba] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,(LZ)
whom you no longer remember,
and who are cut off from your care.[bb](MA)
6 You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.(MB)
7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;(MC)
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.(MD)Selah
8 You have distanced my friends from me;
you have made me repulsive to them.(ME)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
9 My eyes are worn out from crying.(MF)
Lord, I cry out to you all day long;(MG)
I spread out my hands to you.(MH)
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?(MI)Selah
11 Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Abaddon?(MJ)
12 Will your wonders be known in the darkness
or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?(MK)
13 But I call to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets you.(ML)
14 Lord, why do you reject me?(MM)
Why do you hide your face from me?(MN)
15 From my youth,
I have been suffering and near death.
I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.(MO)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
your terrors destroy me.(MP)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.(MQ)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.[bc](MR)
Psalm 89
Perplexity about God’s Promises
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.(MS)
1 I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;(MT)
I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.(MU)
2 For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
you establish your faithfulness in the heavens.”(MV)
3 The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”(MW)Selah
5 Lord, the heavens praise your wonders(MX)—
your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.(MY)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings[bd] is like the Lord?(MZ)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than[be] all who surround him.(NA)
8 Lord God of Armies,
who is strong like you, Lord?(NB)
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
9 You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, you still them.(NC)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;(ND)
you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.(NE)
11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.
The world and everything in it—you founded them.(NF)
12 North and south—you created them.(NG)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.(NH)
13 You have a mighty arm;
your hand is powerful;
your right hand is lifted high.(NI)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of your throne;(NJ)
faithful love and truth go before you.(NK)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;(NL)
Lord, they walk in the light from your face.(NM)
16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
and they are exalted by your righteousness.(NN)
17 For you are their magnificent strength;(NO)
by your favor our horn is exalted.(NP)
18 Surely our shield[bf] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.(NQ)
19 You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones
and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen[bg] from the people.(NR)
20 I have found David my servant;
I have anointed him with my sacred oil.(NS)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and my arm will strengthen him.(NT)
22 The enemy will not oppress[bh] him;
the wicked will not afflict him.(NU)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.(NV)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through my name
his horn will be exalted.(NW)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.(NX)
26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,(NY)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’(NZ)
27 I will also make him my firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.(OA)
28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,
and my covenant with him will endure.(OB)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.[bi](OC)
30 If his sons abandon my instruction
and do not live by my ordinances,(OD)
31 if they dishonor my statutes
and do not keep my commands,(OE)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their iniquity with blows.(OF)
33 But I will not withdraw
my faithful love from him
or betray my faithfulness.(OG)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or change what my lips have said.(OH)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(OI)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before me,(OJ)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”(OK)Selah
38 But you have spurned and rejected him;
you have become enraged with your anointed.(OL)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;
you have completely dishonored his crown.[bj](OM)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.(ON)
41 All who pass by plunder him;(OO)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.(OP)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.(OQ)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.(OR)
44 You have made his splendor[bk] cease
and have overturned his throne.(OS)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame.(OT)Selah
46 How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?
Will your anger keep burning like fire?(OU)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have you created everyone for nothing?(OV)
48 What courageous person can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?(OW)Selah
49 Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love
that you swore to David in your faithfulness?(OX)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
51 how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.(OY)
52 Blessed be the Lord forever.
Amen and amen.(OZ)
Footnotes
- 73:4 Lit For there are no pangs to their death
- 73:4 Lit fat
- 73:10 Lit turn here
- 73:10 Lit and waters of fullness are drained by them
- 73:15 Lit betrayed the generation of your sons
- 73:16 Lit it was trouble in my eyes
- 73:21 Lit my kidneys
- 73:24 Or will receive me with honor
- 73:26 Lit rock
- 74:3 Lit Lift up your steps
- 74:4 Lit in your meeting place
- 74:7 Lit they to the ground
- 74:8 Lit every meeting place of God in the land
- 74:11 Lit From your bosom
- 74:19 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr read life that praises you
- 75:5 Lit horn to the height
- 76:7 Or are awe-inspiring
- 76:10 Hb obscure
- 76:11 Or tribute with awe
- 77:10 Hb obscure
- 78:18 Lit in their heart
- 78:25 Lit Man
- 78:25 Lit mighty ones
- 78:38 Or stir up
- 78:49 Or angels
- 78:63 Lit virgins were not praised
- 79:8 Or hold the sins of past generations
- 80:5 Lit a one-third measure
- 80:10 Lit the cedars of God
- 80:11 = the Mediterranean
- 80:11 = the Euphrates
- 80:15 Hb obscure
- 80:15 Or shoot
- 80:16 Or may they
- 81:3 Lit feast
- 81:5 Or he gained authority over
- 81:16 Lit him
- 82:1 Or the heavenly beings, or the earthly rulers; Hb elohim
- 83:2 Lit have lifted their head
- 83:5 Lit they cut a covenant
- 83:8 Lit they are an arm
- 83:8 = Moab and Ammon
- 84:2 Or flesh shout for joy to
- 84:6 Or Valley of Tears
- 84:6 Or pools
- 84:9 = the king
- 85:1 Or restored Jacob from captivity
- 86:14 Lit They do not set you in front of them
- 87:1 Lit His foundation
- 87:7 Or musicians
- 87:7 Or As they dance they will sing
- 87:7 Lit “All my springs are
- 88:5 Or set free
- 88:5 Or hand
- 88:18 Or from me, my friends. Oh darkness!
- 89:6 Or the angels, or the sons of the mighty
- 89:7 Or ones, revered by
- 89:18 = the king
- 89:19 Or exalted a young man
- 89:22 Or not exact tribute from
- 89:29 Lit as days of heaven
- 89:39 Lit have dishonored his crown to the ground
- 89:44 Hb obscure
Psalm 73-84
New International Version
Psalm 73-84
New International Version
BOOK III
Psalms 73–89
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.(A)
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;(B)
I had nearly lost my foothold.(C)
3 For I envied(D) the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(E)
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free(F) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(G) is their necklace;(H)
they clothe themselves with violence.(I)
7 From their callous hearts(J) comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(K)
with arrogance(L) they threaten oppression.(M)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
13 Surely in vain(P) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.(Q)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(R)
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(S) all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(T) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.(U)
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(V)
you cast them down to ruin.(W)
19 How suddenly(X) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(Y) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(Z) when one awakes;(AA)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(AB)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(AC) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(AD) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(AE)
24 You guide(AF) me with your counsel,(AG)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(AH)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(AI)
26 My flesh and my heart(AJ) may fail,(AK)
but God is the strength(AL) of my heart
and my portion(AM) forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish;(AN)
you destroy all who are unfaithful(AO) to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.(AP)
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;(AQ)
I will tell of all your deeds.(AR)
Psalm 74
A maskil[d] of Asaph.
1 O God, why have you rejected(AS) us forever?(AT)
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(AU)
2 Remember the nation you purchased(AV) long ago,(AW)
the people of your inheritance,(AX) whom you redeemed(AY)—
Mount Zion,(AZ) where you dwelt.(BA)
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(BB)
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4 Your foes roared(BC) in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards(BD) as signs.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.(BE)
6 They smashed all the carved(BF) paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled(BG) the dwelling place(BH) of your Name.(BI)
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush(BJ) them completely!”
They burned(BK) every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9 We are given no signs from God;(BL)
no prophets(BM) are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(BN) will the enemy mock(BO) you, God?
Will the foe revile(BP) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(BQ)
Take it from the folds of your garment(BR) and destroy them!
13 It was you who split open the sea(BU) by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster(BV) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(BW)
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(BX)
15 It was you who opened up springs(BY) and streams;
you dried up(BZ) the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.(CA)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(CB) of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.(CC)
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
how foolish people(CD) have reviled your name.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(CE) to wild beasts;
do not forget the lives of your afflicted(CF) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(CG)
because haunts of violence fill the dark places(CH) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(CI) retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy(CJ) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(CK) O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools(CL) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(CM) of your adversaries,(CN)
the uproar(CO) of your enemies,(CP) which rises continually.
Psalm 75[e]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.
1 We praise you, God,
we praise you, for your Name is near;(CQ)
people tell of your wonderful deeds.(CR)
2 You say, “I choose the appointed time;(CS)
it is I who judge with equity.(CT)
3 When the earth and all its people quake,(CU)
it is I who hold its pillars(CV) firm.[f]
4 To the arrogant(CW) I say, ‘Boast no more,’(CX)
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.[g](CY)
5 Do not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak so defiantly.(CZ)’”
6 No one from the east or the west
or from the desert can exalt themselves.
7 It is God who judges:(DA)
He brings one down, he exalts another.(DB)
8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup
full of foaming wine mixed(DC) with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to its very dregs.(DD)
9 As for me, I will declare(DE) this forever;
I will sing(DF) praise to the God of Jacob,(DG)
10 who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(DH)
Psalm 76[h]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
1 God is renowned in Judah;
in Israel his name is great.(DI)
2 His tent is in Salem,(DJ)
his dwelling place in Zion.(DK)
3 There he broke the flashing arrows,(DL)
the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[i](DM)
4 You are radiant with light,(DN)
more majestic than mountains rich with game.
5 The valiant(DO) lie plundered,
they sleep their last sleep;(DP)
not one of the warriors
can lift his hands.
6 At your rebuke,(DQ) God of Jacob,
both horse and chariot(DR) lie still.
7 It is you alone who are to be feared.(DS)
Who can stand(DT) before you when you are angry?(DU)
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment,
and the land feared(DV) and was quiet—
9 when you, God, rose up to judge,(DW)
to save all the afflicted(DX) of the land.
10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(DY)
and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[j]
11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;(DZ)
let all the neighboring lands
bring gifts(EA) to the One to be feared.
12 He breaks the spirit of rulers;
he is feared by the kings of the earth.
Psalm 77[k]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 I cried out to God(EB) for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.
2 When I was in distress,(EC) I sought the Lord;
at night(ED) I stretched out untiring hands,(EE)
and I would not be comforted.(EF)
3 I remembered(EG) you, God, and I groaned;(EH)
I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.[l](EI)
4 You kept my eyes from closing;
I was too troubled to speak.(EJ)
5 I thought about the former days,(EK)
the years of long ago;
6 I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
7 “Will the Lord reject forever?(EL)
Will he never show his favor(EM) again?
8 Has his unfailing love(EN) vanished forever?
Has his promise(EO) failed for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?(EP)
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?(EQ)”
10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.(ER)
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles(ES) of long ago.
12 I will consider(ET) all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”(EU)
13 Your ways, God, are holy.
What god is as great as our God?(EV)
14 You are the God who performs miracles;(EW)
you display your power among the peoples.
15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,(EX)
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The waters(EY) saw you, God,
the waters saw you and writhed;(EZ)
the very depths were convulsed.
17 The clouds poured down water,(FA)
the heavens resounded with thunder;(FB)
your arrows(FC) flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(FD)
your lightning(FE) lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.(FF)
19 Your path(FG) led through the sea,(FH)
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.
Psalm 78
A maskil[m] of Asaph.
1 My people, hear my teaching;(FL)
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(FM)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.(FN)
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;(FO)
we will tell the next generation(FP)
the praiseworthy deeds(FQ) of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders(FR) he has done.
5 He decreed statutes(FS) for Jacob(FT)
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,(FU)
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget(FV) his deeds
but would keep his commands.(FW)
8 They would not be like their ancestors(FX)—
a stubborn(FY) and rebellious(FZ) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(GA)
turned back on the day of battle;(GB)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(GC)
and refused to live by his law.(GD)
11 They forgot what he had done,(GE)
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(GF) in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt,(GG) in the region of Zoan.(GH)
13 He divided the sea(GI) and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.(GJ)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.(GK)
15 He split the rocks(GL) in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin(GM) against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(GN)
by demanding the food they craved.(GO)
19 They spoke against God;(GP)
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,(GQ)
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat(GR) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out(GS) against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust(GT) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;(GU)
24 he rained down manna(GV) for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(GW) from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds(GX) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(GY)
he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,(GZ)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest(HA) among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(HB)
in spite of his wonders,(HC) they did not believe.(HD)
33 So he ended their days in futility(HE)
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(HF) him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(HG)
that God Most High was their Redeemer.(HH)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(HI)
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(HJ) to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(HK)
he forgave(HL) their iniquities(HM)
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(HN)
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(HO)
a passing breeze(HP) that does not return.
40 How often they rebelled(HQ) against him in the wilderness(HR)
and grieved him(HS) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(HT)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(HU)
42 They did not remember(HV) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(HW)
43 the day he displayed his signs(HX) in Egypt,
his wonders(HY) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(HZ)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(IA) that devoured them,
and frogs(IB) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(IC)
their produce to the locust.(ID)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(IE)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(IF) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(IG)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(IH)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(II)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(IJ)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(IK)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(IL) their enemies.(IM)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(IN) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(IO) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(IP)
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(IQ) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(IR)
58 They angered him(IS) with their high places;(IT)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(IU)
59 When God heard(IV) them, he was furious;(IW)
he rejected Israel(IX) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(IY)
the tent he had set up among humans.(IZ)
61 He sent the ark of his might(JA) into captivity,(JB)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(JC)
he was furious with his inheritance.(JD)
63 Fire consumed(JE) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(JF)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(JG)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(JH)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(JI)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(JJ)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(JK)
Mount Zion,(JL) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(JM) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(JN) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(JO) he brought him
to be the shepherd(JP) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(JQ)
with skillful hands he led them.
Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(JR)
they have defiled(JS) your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(JT)
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,(JU)
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(JV)
3 They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury(JW) the dead.(JX)
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn(JY) and derision to those around us.(JZ)
5 How long,(KA) Lord? Will you be angry(KB) forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(KC)
6 Pour out your wrath(KD) on the nations
that do not acknowledge(KE) you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;(KF)
7 for they have devoured(KG) Jacob
and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(KH)
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.(KI)
9 Help us,(KJ) God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.(KK)
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”(KL)
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge(KM) the outpoured blood(KN) of your servants.
11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12 Pay back into the laps(KO) of our neighbors seven times(KP)
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(KQ)
will praise you forever;(KR)
from generation to generation
we will proclaim your praise.
Psalm 80[n]
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.(KS)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(KT)
shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.(KU)
Awaken(KV) your might;
come and save us.(KW)
4 How long,(LA) Lord God Almighty,
will your anger smolder(LB)
against the prayers of your people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;(LC)
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(LD)
6 You have made us an object of derision[o] to our neighbors,
and our enemies mock us.(LE)
7 Restore us, God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.(LF)
8 You transplanted a vine(LG) from Egypt;
you drove out(LH) the nations and planted(LI) it.
9 You cleared the ground for it,
and it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,[p]
its shoots as far as the River.[q](LJ)
12 Why have you broken down its walls(LK)
so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 Boars from the forest ravage(LL) it,
and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 Return to us, God Almighty!
Look down from heaven and see!(LM)
Watch over this vine,
15 the root your right hand has planted,
the son[r] you have raised up for yourself.
16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(LN)
at your rebuke(LO) your people perish.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
the son of man(LP) you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive(LQ) us, and we will call on your name.
19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
Psalm 81[s]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[t] Of Asaph.
1 Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout aloud to the God of Jacob!(LR)
2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,(LS)
play the melodious harp(LT) and lyre.(LU)
3 Sound the ram’s horn(LV) at the New Moon,(LW)
and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
4 this is a decree for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.(LX)
5 When God went out against Egypt,(LY)
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
I heard an unknown voice say:(LZ)
6 “I removed the burden(MA) from their shoulders;(MB)
their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called(MC) and I rescued you,
I answered(MD) you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[u](ME)
8 Hear me, my people,(MF) and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god(MG) among you;
you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.(MH)
Open(MI) wide your mouth and I will fill(MJ) it.
11 “But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.(MK)
12 So I gave them over(ML) to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13 “If my people would only listen to me,(MM)
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue(MN) their enemies
and turn my hand against(MO) their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe(MP) before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;(MQ)
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Psalm 82
A psalm of Asaph.
2 “How long will you[v] defend the unjust
and show partiality(MT) to the wicked?[w](MU)
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;(MV)
uphold the cause of the poor(MW) and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(MX)
They walk about in darkness;(MY)
all the foundations(MZ) of the earth are shaken.
6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;(NA)
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die(NB) like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”
Psalm 83[x]
A song. A psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, do not remain silent;(NF)
do not turn a deaf ear,
do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl,(NG)
how your foes rear their heads.(NH)
3 With cunning they conspire(NI) against your people;
they plot against those you cherish.(NJ)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy(NK) them as a nation,(NL)
so that Israel’s name is remembered(NM) no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together;(NN)
they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom(NO) and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab(NP) and the Hagrites,(NQ)
7 Byblos,(NR) Ammon(NS) and Amalek,(NT)
Philistia,(NU) with the people of Tyre.(NV)
8 Even Assyria(NW) has joined them
to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[y](NX)
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,(NY)
as you did to Sisera(NZ) and Jabin(OA) at the river Kishon,(OB)
10 who perished at Endor(OC)
and became like dung(OD) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(OE)
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(OF)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(OG)
of the pasturelands of God.”
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like chaff(OH) before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,(OI)
15 so pursue them with your tempest(OJ)
and terrify them with your storm.(OK)
16 Cover their faces with shame,(OL) Lord,
so that they will seek your name.
17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;(OM)
may they perish in disgrace.(ON)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord(OO)—
that you alone are the Most High(OP) over all the earth.(OQ)
Psalm 84[z]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[aa] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,(OR)
Lord Almighty!
2 My soul yearns,(OS) even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.(OT)
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,(OU)
Lord Almighty,(OV) my King(OW) and my God.(OX)
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.[ab]
5 Blessed are those whose strength(OY) is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(OZ)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;(PA)
the autumn(PB) rains also cover it with pools.[ac]
7 They go from strength to strength,(PC)
till each appears(PD) before God in Zion.(PE)
8 Hear my prayer,(PF) Lord God Almighty;
listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Look on our shield,[ad](PG) O God;
look with favor on your anointed one.(PH)
10 Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(PI) in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun(PJ) and shield;(PK)
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(PL)
from those whose walk is blameless.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
- Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
- Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
- Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 75:1 In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.
- Psalm 75:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 75:4 Horns here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.
- Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.
- Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.
- Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself
- Psalm 77:1 In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.
- Psalm 77:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.
- Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.
- Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention
- Psalm 80:11 Probably the Mediterranean
- Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates
- Psalm 80:15 Or branch
- Psalm 81:1 In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.
- Psalm 81:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 81:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
- Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 83:1 In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.
- Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
- Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
- Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
- Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign
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