Psalm 83-84
Legacy Standard Bible
O God, Do Not Be Quiet
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
83 O God, (A)do not remain at rest;
(B)Do not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet.
2 For behold, Your enemies (C)roar,
And (D)those who hate You have (E)lifted up their heads.
3 They (F)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And [a]conspire together against (G)Your [b]treasured ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and (H)let us wipe them out [c]as a nation,
That the (I)name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they have [d](J)conspired together with one heart;
Against You they cut a covenant:
6 The tents of (K)Edom and the (L)Ishmaelites,
(M)Moab and the (N)Hagrites;
7 (O)Gebal and (P)Ammon and (Q)Amalek,
(R)Philistia with the inhabitants of (S)Tyre;
8 (T)Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become [e]the power of the (U)children of Lot. [f]Selah.
9 Do to them (V)as to Midian,
As (W)to Sisera, and Jabin at the river of Kishon,
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who (X)were as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (Y)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like (Z)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “(AA)Let us possess for ourselves
The (AB)pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like the [g](AC)whirling dust,
Like (AD)chaff before the wind.
14 Like (AE)fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that (AF)burns up the mountains,
15 So pursue them (AG)with Your tempest
And dismay them with Your storm.
16 (AH)Fill their faces with disgrace,
That they may seek Your name, O Yahweh.
17 Let them be (AI)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,
18 That they may (AJ)know that (AK)You alone—Your name is Yahweh—
Are the (AL)Most High over all the earth.
Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts in You
For the choir director. According to the [h]Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
84 How lovely are Your (AM)dwelling places,
O Yahweh of hosts!
2 My (AN)soul has longed and even [i]fainted for the courts of Yahweh;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (AO)living God.
3 Even the bird has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,
At Your (AP)altars, O Yahweh of hosts,
(AQ)My King and my God.
4 How (AR)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are (AS)ever praising You. [j]Selah.
5 How blessed is the man whose (AT)strength is in You,
In [k]whose heart are the (AU)highways to Zion!
6 Passing through the valley of [l]Baca they make it a [m]spring;
The (AV)early rain also wraps it up with blessings.
7 They (AW)go from strength to strength,
[n]Each one of them (AX)appears before God in Zion.
8 O (AY)Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O (AZ)God of Jacob! Selah.
9 See our (BA)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of (BB)Your anointed.
10 For (BC)better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is (BD)a sun and (BE)shield;
Yahweh gives grace and (BF)glory;
(BG)No good thing does He withhold [o]from those who walk blamelessly.
12 O Yahweh of hosts,
How (BH)blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Footnotes
- 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 83:8 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 83:13 Or tumbleweed
- Psalm 84 Title Possibly an instrument or a title for a tune.
- Psalm 84:2 Lit failed
- Psalm 84:4 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 84:5 Lit their
- Psalm 84:6 Probably Weeping; or Balsam trees
- Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
- Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion
- Psalm 84:11 Lit with regard to
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