Psalm 81:10-84:11

English Standard Version

¹⁰^(A)I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
^(B)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹“But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(C)would not submit to me.
¹²So I ^(D)gave them over to their ^(E)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(F)counsels.
¹³^(G)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(H)walk in my ways!
¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(I)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵Those who hate the Lord would ^(J)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶But he would feed you^[a] with ^(K)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(L)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of ^(M)Asaph.

82 ^(N)God ^(O)has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of ^(P)the gods he ^(Q)holds judgment:
²“How long will you judge unjustly
    and ^(R)show partiality to ^(S)the wicked? Selah
³^(T)Give justice to ^(U)the weak and the fatherless;
    ^(V)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
⁴^(W)Rescue the weak and the needy;
    ^(X)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

⁵^(Y)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
^(Z)they walk about in darkness;
^(AA)all the foundations of the earth are ^(AB)shaken.

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

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

O God, Do Not Keep Silence

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

83 O God, do not keep silence;
    ^(AH)do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
²For behold, your enemies ^(AI)make an uproar;
    those who hate you have ^(AJ)raised their heads.
³They lay ^(AK)crafty plans against your people;
    they consult together against your ^(AL)treasured ones.
⁴They say, “Come, ^(AM)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 ^(AN)Edom and ^(AO)the Ishmaelites,
    ^(AP)Moab and ^(AQ)the Hagrites,
⁷^(AR)Gebal and ^(AS)Ammon and ^(AT)Amalek,
    ^(AU)Philistia with the inhabitants of ^(AV)Tyre;
⁸^(AW)Asshur also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of ^(AX)the children of Lot. Selah

⁹Do to them as you did to ^(AY)Midian,
    as to ^(AZ)Sisera and Jabin at ^(BA)the river Kishon,
¹⁰who were destroyed at ^(BB)En-dor,
    who became ^(BC)dung for the ground.
¹¹Make their nobles like ^(BD)Oreb and Zeeb,
    all their princes like ^(BE)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹²who said, ^(BF)“Let us take possession for ourselves
    of the pastures of God.”

¹³O my God, make them like ^(BG)whirling dust,^[c]
    like ^(BH)chaff before the wind.
¹⁴As ^(BI)fire consumes the forest,
    as the flame ^(BJ)sets the mountains ablaze,
¹⁵so may you pursue them ^(BK)with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane!
¹⁶^(BL)Fill their faces with shame,
    that they may seek your name, O Lord.
¹⁷Let them be ^(BM)put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,
¹⁸that they may ^(BN)know that you alone,
    ^(BO)whose name is the Lord,
    are ^(BP)the Most High over all the earth.

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^(BQ)The Gittith.^[d] A Psalm of ^(BR)the Sons of Korah.

84 How ^(BS)lovely is your ^(BT)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
²My soul ^(BU)longs, yes, ^(BV)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(BW)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,
    ^(BX)my King and my God.
⁴^(BY)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(BZ)singing your praise! Selah

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

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

¹⁰For a day ^(CI)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^(CJ)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹For the Lord God is ^(CK)a sun and ^(CL)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(CM)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(CN)walk uprightly.