Psalm 82

New King James Version

A Plea for Justice

A Psalm of Asaph.

82 God ^(A)stands in the congregation of ^[a]the mighty;
He judges among ^(B)the ^[b]gods.
²How long will you judge unjustly,
And ^(C)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
³^[c]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and ^(D)needy.
⁴Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the ^(E)foundations of the earth are ^[d]unstable.

⁶I said, ^(F)“You are ^[e]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
⁷But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth;
^(G)For You shall inherit all nations.

Footnotes

Psalm 82:1 Heb. El, lit. God
Psalm 82:1 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
Psalm 82:3 Vindicate
Psalm 82:5 moved
Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods

Psalm 83

New King James Version

Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

83 Do^(A) not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
²For behold, ^(B)Your enemies make a ^[a]tumult;
And those who hate You have ^[b]lifted up their head.
³They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together ^(C)against Your sheltered ones.
⁴They have said, “Come, and ^(D)let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

⁵For they have consulted together with one ^[c]consent;
They ^[d]form a confederacy against You:
⁶^(E)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
⁸Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

⁹Deal with them as with ^(F)Midian,
As with ^(G)Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
¹⁰Who perished at En Dor,
^(H)Who became as refuse on the earth.
¹¹Make their nobles like ^(I)Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like ^(J)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹²Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”

¹³^(K)O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
^(L)Like the chaff before the wind!
¹⁴As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame ^(M)sets the mountains on fire,
¹⁵So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
¹⁶Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
¹⁷Let them be ^[e]confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
¹⁸^(N)That they may know that You, whose ^(O)name alone is the Lord,
Are ^(P)the Most High over all the earth.

Footnotes

Psalm 83:2 uproar
Psalm 83:2 Exalted themselves
Psalm 83:5 Lit. heart
Psalm 83:5 Lit. cut a covenant
Psalm 83:17 ashamed

Psalm 84

New King James Version

The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. ^(A)On^[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

84 How ^(B)lovely ^[b]is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
²^(C)My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
⁴Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^(D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
⁶As they pass through the Valley ^(E)of ^[c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with ^[d]pools.
⁷They go ^(F)from strength to strength;
^[e]Each one ^(G)appears before God in Zion.

⁸O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
⁹^(H)O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your ^[f]anointed.

¹⁰For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather ^[g]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹For the Lord God is ^(I)a sun and ^(J)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
^(K)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,
^(L)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Footnotes

Psalm 84:1 Heb. Al Gittith
Psalm 84:1 are Your dwellings
Psalm 84:6 Lit. Weeping
Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
Psalm 84:7 LXX, Syr., Vg. The God of gods shall be seen
Psalm 84:9 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
Psalm 84:10 stand at the threshold

Romans 8:19-39

New King James Version

¹⁹For ^(A)the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For ^(B)the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; ²¹because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of ^[a]corruption into the glorious ^(C)liberty of the children of God. ²²For we know that the whole creation ^(D)groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. ²³Not only that, but we also who have ^(E)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ^(F)even we ourselves groan ^(G)within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the ^(H)redemption of our body. ²⁴For we were saved in this hope, but ^(I)hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For ^(J)we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but ^(K)the Spirit Himself makes intercession ^[b]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷Now ^(L)He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints ^(M)according to the will of God.

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those ^(N)who are the called according to His purpose. ²⁹For whom ^(O)He foreknew, ^(P)He also predestined ^(Q)to be conformed to the image of His Son, ^(R)that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. ³⁰Moreover whom He predestined, these He also ^(S)called; whom He called, these He also ^(T)justified; and whom He justified, these He also ^(U)glorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

³¹What then shall we say to these things? ^(V)If God is for us, who can be against us? ³²^(W)He who did not spare His own Son, but ^(X)delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? ³³Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? ^(Y)It is God who justifies. ³⁴^(Z)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, ^(AA)who is even at the right hand of God, ^(AB)who also makes intercession for us. ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶As it is written:

^(AC)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

³⁷^(AD)Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ³⁸For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor ^(AE)principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, ³⁹nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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