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Psalm 78:54-81:16
New International Version
Psalm 78:54-81:16
New International Version
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(A) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(B) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(C)
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(D) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(E)
58 They angered him(F) with their high places;(G)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(H)
59 When God heard(I) them, he was furious;(J)
he rejected Israel(K) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(L)
the tent he had set up among humans.(M)
61 He sent the ark of his might(N) into captivity,(O)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(P)
he was furious with his inheritance.(Q)
63 Fire consumed(R) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(S)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(T)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(U)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(V)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(W)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(X)
Mount Zion,(Y) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(Z) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(AA) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(AB) he brought him
to be the shepherd(AC) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(AD)
with skillful hands he led them.
Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(AE)
they have defiled(AF) your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(AG)
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,(AH)
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(AI)
3 They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury(AJ) the dead.(AK)
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn(AL) and derision to those around us.(AM)
5 How long,(AN) Lord? Will you be angry(AO) forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(AP)
6 Pour out your wrath(AQ) on the nations
that do not acknowledge(AR) you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;(AS)
7 for they have devoured(AT) Jacob
and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(AU)
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.(AV)
9 Help us,(AW) God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.(AX)
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”(AY)
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge(AZ) the outpoured blood(BA) 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(BB) of our neighbors seven times(BC)
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(BD)
will praise you forever;(BE)
from generation to generation
we will proclaim your praise.
Psalm 80[a]
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.(BF)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(BG)
shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.(BH)
Awaken(BI) your might;
come and save us.(BJ)
4 How long,(BN) Lord God Almighty,
will your anger smolder(BO)
against the prayers of your people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;(BP)
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(BQ)
6 You have made us an object of derision[b] to our neighbors,
and our enemies mock us.(BR)
7 Restore us, God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.(BS)
8 You transplanted a vine(BT) from Egypt;
you drove out(BU) the nations and planted(BV) 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,[c]
its shoots as far as the River.[d](BW)
12 Why have you broken down its walls(BX)
so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 Boars from the forest ravage(BY) it,
and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 Return to us, God Almighty!
Look down from heaven and see!(BZ)
Watch over this vine,
15 the root your right hand has planted,
the son[e] you have raised up for yourself.
16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(CA)
at your rebuke(CB) your people perish.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
the son of man(CC) you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive(CD) 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[f]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[g] Of Asaph.
1 Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout aloud to the God of Jacob!(CE)
2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,(CF)
play the melodious harp(CG) and lyre.(CH)
3 Sound the ram’s horn(CI) at the New Moon,(CJ)
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.(CK)
5 When God went out against Egypt,(CL)
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
I heard an unknown voice say:(CM)
6 “I removed the burden(CN) from their shoulders;(CO)
their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called(CP) and I rescued you,
I answered(CQ) you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[h](CR)
8 Hear me, my people,(CS) and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god(CT) 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.(CU)
Open(CV) wide your mouth and I will fill(CW) it.
11 “But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.(CX)
12 So I gave them over(CY) to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13 “If my people would only listen to me,(CZ)
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue(DA) their enemies
and turn my hand against(DB) their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe(DC) before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;(DD)
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Footnotes
- 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 78:54-81:16
King James Version
Psalm 78:54-81:16
King James Version
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
79 O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5 How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
81 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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