Psalm 80-87

English Standard Version

^3 (J)Restore us,^[a] O God;
    ^(K)let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁴ O ^(L)Lord God of hosts,
    ^(M)how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
⁵ You have fed them with ^(N)the bread of tears
    and given them tears to drink in full measure.
^6 (O)You make us an object of contention for our ^(P)neighbors,
    and our enemies laugh among themselves.

^7 (Q)Restore us, O God of hosts;
    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁸ You brought ^(R)a vine out of Egypt;
    you ^(S)drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹ You ^(T)cleared the ground for it;
    it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ It sent out its branches to ^(U)the sea
    and its shoots to ^(V)the River.^[b]
12 Why then have you ^(W)broken down its walls,
    so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
^13 (X)The boar from the forest ravages it,
    and all that move in the field feed on it.

¹⁴ Turn again, O God of hosts!
    ^(Y)Look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
¹⁵     the stock that your right hand planted,
    and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
¹⁶ They have ^(Z)burned it with fire; they have ^(AA)cut it down;
    may they perish at ^(AB)the rebuke of your face!
¹⁷ But ^(AC)let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
    the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
¹⁸ Then we shall not turn back from you;
    ^(AD)give us life, and we will call upon your name!

^19 (AE)Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
    Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁴ For it is a statute for Israel,
    a rule^[d] of the God of Jacob.
⁵ He made it ^(AN)a decree in ^(AO)Joseph
    when he ^(AP)went out over^[e] the land of Egypt.
^(AQ)I hear a language ^(AR)I had not known:
⁶ “I ^(AS)relieved your^[f] shoulder of ^(AT)the burden;
    your hands were freed from the basket.
⁷ In distress you ^(AU)called, and I delivered you;
    I ^(AV)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
    I ^(AW)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
^8 (AX)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
⁹ There shall be no ^(AY)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a ^(AZ)foreign god.
^10 (BA)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    ^(BB)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(BC)would not submit to me.
¹² So I ^(BD)gave them over to their ^(BE)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(BF)counsels.
^13 (BG)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(BH)walk in my ways!
¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(BI)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would ^(BJ)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶ But he would feed you^[g] with ^(BK)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(BL)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

^5 (BY)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    ^(BZ)they walk about in darkness;
    ^(CA)all the foundations of the earth are ^(CB)shaken.

^6 (CC)I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
⁷ nevertheless, like men ^(CD)you shall die,
    and fall like any prince.”^[h]

^8 (CE)Arise, O God, judge the earth;
    for you shall ^(CF)inherit all the nations!

⁹ Do to them as you did to ^(CY)Midian,
    as to ^(CZ)Sisera and Jabin at ^(DA)the river Kishon,
¹⁰ who were destroyed at ^(DB)En-dor,
    who became ^(DC)dung for the ground.
¹¹ Make their nobles like ^(DD)Oreb and Zeeb,
    all their princes like ^(DE)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹² who said, ^(DF)“Let us take possession for ourselves
    of the pastures of God.”

¹³ O my God, make them like ^(DG)whirling dust,^[i]
    like ^(DH)chaff before the wind.
¹⁴ As ^(DI)fire consumes the forest,
    as the flame ^(DJ)sets the mountains ablaze,
¹⁵ so may you pursue them ^(DK)with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane!
^16 (DL)Fill their faces with shame,
    that they may seek your name, O Lord.
¹⁷ Let them be ^(DM)put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,
¹⁸ that they may ^(DN)know that you alone,
    ^(DO)whose name is the Lord,
    are ^(DP)the Most High over all the earth.

³ Even 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,
    ^(DX)my King and my God.
^4 (DY)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(DZ)singing your praise! Selah

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

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

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

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

^8 (EZ)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(FA)speak peace to his people, to his ^(FB)saints;
    but let them not ^(FC)turn back to ^(FD)folly.
⁹ Surely his ^(FE)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(FF)glory may dwell in our land.

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

⁸ There is ^(FX)none like you among the gods, O Lord,
    ^(FY)nor are there any works like yours.
^9 (FZ)All the nations you have made shall come
    and worship before you, O Lord,
    and shall glorify your name.
¹⁰ For ^(GA)you are great and ^(GB)do wondrous things;
    ^(GC)you alone are God.
^11 (GD)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may ^(GE)walk in your truth;
    ^(GF)unite my heart to fear your name.
¹² I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
    and I will glorify your name forever.
^13 (GG)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have ^(GH)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴ O God, insolent men have ^(GI)risen up against me;
    a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.
¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a God ^(GJ)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
^16 (GK)Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to ^(GL)your servant,
    and save ^(GM)the son of your maidservant.
^17 (GN)Show me a sign of your ^(GO)favor,
    that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

⁴ Among those who ^(GV)know me I mention ^(GW)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(GX)Cush^[l]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(GY)establish her.
⁶ The Lord records as he ^(GZ)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

^7 (HA)Singers and ^(HB)dancers alike say,
    “All my ^(HC)springs are in you.”