Psalm 79-81

English Standard Version

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of ^(A)Asaph.

79 O God, ^(B)the nations have come into your ^(C)inheritance;
    they have defiled your ^(D)holy temple;
    they have ^(E)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
²They have given ^(F)the bodies of your servants
    to the birds of the heavens for food,
    the flesh of your ^(G)faithful to ^(H)the beasts of the earth.
³They have poured out their blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was ^(I)no one to bury them.
⁴We have become ^(J)a taunt to our neighbors,
    ^(K)mocked and derided by those around us.

⁵^(L)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry ^(M)forever?
    Will your ^(N)jealousy ^(O)burn like fire?
⁶^(P)Pour out your anger on the nations
    that ^(Q)do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that ^(R)do not call upon your name!
⁷For they have devoured Jacob
    and laid waste his habitation.

⁸^(S)Do not remember against us ^(T)our former iniquities;^[a]
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are ^(U)brought very low.
⁹^(V)Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and ^(W)atone for our sins,
    for your ^(X)name's sake!
¹⁰^(Y)Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”
Let ^(Z)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our eyes!

¹¹Let ^(AA)the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    according to your great power, preserve those ^(AB)doomed to die!
¹²Return ^(AC)sevenfold into the ^(AD)lap of our neighbors
    the ^(AE)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
¹³But we your people, the ^(AF)sheep of your pasture,
    will ^(AG)give thanks to you forever;
    from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

Restore Us, O God

To the choirmaster: according to ^(AH)Lilies. A Testimony. Of ^(AI)Asaph, a Psalm.

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead ^(AJ)Joseph like ^(AK)a flock.
You who are ^(AL)enthroned upon the cherubim, ^(AM)shine forth.
²    Before ^(AN)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
^(AO)stir up your might
    and ^(AP)come to save us!

³^(AQ)Restore us,^[b] O God;
^(AR)let your face shine, that we may be saved!

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

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

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

¹⁴Turn again, O God of hosts!
    ^(BF)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.
¹⁶They have ^(BG)burned it with fire; they have ^(BH)cut it down;
    may they perish at ^(BI)the rebuke of your face!
¹⁷But ^(BJ)let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
    the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
¹⁸Then we shall not turn back from you;
    ^(BK)give us life, and we will call upon your name!

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

Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

To the choirmaster: according to ^(BM)The Gittith.^[d] Of ^(BN)Asaph.

81 ^(BO)Sing aloud to God our strength;
    ^(BP)shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
²Raise a song; sound ^(BQ)the tambourine,
    ^(BR)the sweet lyre with ^(BS)the harp.
³Blow the trumpet at ^(BT)the new moon,
    at the full moon, on our feast day.

⁴For it is a statute for Israel,
    a rule^[e] of the God of Jacob.
⁵He made it ^(BU)a decree in ^(BV)Joseph
    when he ^(BW)went out over^[f] the land of Egypt.
^(BX)I hear a language ^(BY)I had not known:
⁶“I ^(BZ)relieved your^[g] shoulder of ^(CA)the burden;
    your hands were freed from the basket.
⁷In distress you ^(CB)called, and I delivered you;
    I ^(CC)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
    I ^(CD)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
⁸^(CE)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
⁹There shall be no ^(CF)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a ^(CG)foreign god.
¹⁰^(CH)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    ^(CI)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹“But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(CJ)would not submit to me.
¹²So I ^(CK)gave them over to their ^(CL)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(CM)counsels.
¹³^(CN)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(CO)walk in my ways!
¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(CP)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵Those who hate the Lord would ^(CQ)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶But he would feed you^[h] with ^(CR)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(CS)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Footnotes

Psalm 79:8 Or the iniquities of former generations
Psalm 80:3 Or Turn us again; also verses 7, 19
Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates
Psalm 81:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 81:4 Or just decree
Psalm 81:5 Or against
Psalm 81:6 Hebrew his; also next line
Psalm 81:16 That is, Israel; Hebrew him

Romans 8:1-18

English Standard Version

Life in the Spirit

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.^[a] ²For the law of ^(A)the Spirit of life ^(B)has set you^[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³For ^(C)God has done what the law, ^(D)weakened by the flesh, ^(E)could not do. ^(F)By sending his own Son ^(G)in the likeness of sinful flesh and ^(H)for sin,^[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that ^(I)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^(J)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For ^(K)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on ^(L)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on ^(M)the things of the Spirit. ⁶For to set ^(N)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷For the mind that is set on the flesh is ^(O)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; ^(P)indeed, it cannot. ⁸Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact ^(Q)the Spirit of God dwells in you. ^(R)Anyone who does not have ^(S)the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹If the Spirit of ^(T)him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus^[d] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^(U)through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Heirs with Christ

¹²So then, brothers,^[e] we are debtors, ^(V)not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^(W)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are ^(X)led by the Spirit of God are ^(Y)sons^[f] of God. ¹⁵For ^(Z)you did not receive ^(AA)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^(AB)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^(AC)“Abba! Father!” ¹⁶^(AD)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^(AE)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^(AF)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^(AG)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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Footnotes

Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering
Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts lack Jesus
Romans 8:12 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
Romans 8:14 See discussion on “sons” in the Preface