Psalm 81-85
Legacy Standard Bible
Oh That My People Would Listen to Me
For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.
81 (A)Sing for joy to God our (B)strength;
Make a loud (C)shout to the (D)God of Jacob.
2 Lift up a song of praise, strike (E)the tambourine,
The sweet sounding (F)lyre with the (G)harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the (H)new moon,
At the full moon, on our (I)feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
(J)A judgment of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When he (K)went forth over the land of Egypt.
I heard a (L)language that I did not know:
6 “I [a](M)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the [b]basket.
7 You (N)called in distress and I rescued you;
I (O)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I tested you at the (P)waters of Meribah. [c]Selah.
8 (Q)Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you;
O Israel, if you (R)would listen to Me!
9 Let there be no (S)strange god among you;
And you shall not worship a foreign god.
10 (T)I am Yahweh your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
(U)Open your mouth wide and I will (V)fill it.
11 “But My people (W)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel was not willing to obey Me.
12 So I (X)released [d]them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
That they would walk in their own devices.
13 Oh that My people (Y)would listen to Me,
That Israel would (Z)walk in My ways!
14 I would quickly (AA)subdue their enemies
And I would (AB)turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 (AC)Those who hate Yahweh would (AD)cower before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
16 [e]But I would feed you with the [f](AE)finest of the wheat,
And with (AF)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
God Stands in Judgment
A Psalm of Asaph.
82 God takes His (AG)stand in the congregation of [g]God;
He (AH)judges in the midst of [h](AI)gods.
2 How long will you (AJ)judge unrighteously
And (AK)show partiality to the wicked? [i]Selah.
3 (AL)Give justice to the poor and the orphan;
Justify the afflicted and destitute.
4 (AM)Protect the poor and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They (AN)do not know and do not understand;
They (AO)walk about in darkness;
All the (AP)foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 [j]I (AQ)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are (AR)sons of the Most High.
7 Nevertheless (AS)you will die like men
And you will fall like any (AT)one of the princes.”
8 (AU)Arise, O God, (AV)judge the earth!
For it is You who (AW)will inherit all the nations.
O God, Do Not Be Quiet
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
83 O God, (AX)do not remain at rest;
(AY)Do not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet.
2 For behold, Your enemies (AZ)roar,
And (BA)those who hate You have (BB)lifted up their heads.
3 They (BC)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And [k]conspire together against (BD)Your [l]treasured ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and (BE)let us wipe them out [m]as a nation,
That the (BF)name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they have [n](BG)conspired together with one heart;
Against You they cut a covenant:
6 The tents of (BH)Edom and the (BI)Ishmaelites,
(BJ)Moab and the (BK)Hagrites;
7 (BL)Gebal and (BM)Ammon and (BN)Amalek,
(BO)Philistia with the inhabitants of (BP)Tyre;
8 (BQ)Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become [o]the power of the (BR)children of Lot. [p]Selah.
9 Do to them (BS)as to Midian,
As (BT)to Sisera, and Jabin at the river of Kishon,
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who (BU)were as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (BV)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like (BW)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “(BX)Let us possess for ourselves
The (BY)pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like the [q](BZ)whirling dust,
Like (CA)chaff before the wind.
14 Like (CB)fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that (CC)burns up the mountains,
15 So pursue them (CD)with Your tempest
And dismay them with Your storm.
16 (CE)Fill their faces with disgrace,
That they may seek Your name, O Yahweh.
17 Let them be (CF)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,
18 That they may (CG)know that (CH)You alone—Your name is Yahweh—
Are the (CI)Most High over all the earth.
Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts in You
For the choir director. According to the [r]Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
84 How lovely are Your (CJ)dwelling places,
O Yahweh of hosts!
2 My (CK)soul has longed and even [s]fainted for the courts of Yahweh;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (CL)living God.
3 Even the bird has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,
At Your (CM)altars, O Yahweh of hosts,
(CN)My King and my God.
4 How (CO)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are (CP)ever praising You. [t]Selah.
5 How blessed is the man whose (CQ)strength is in You,
In [u]whose heart are the (CR)highways to Zion!
6 Passing through the valley of [v]Baca they make it a [w]spring;
The (CS)early rain also wraps it up with blessings.
7 They (CT)go from strength to strength,
[x]Each one of them (CU)appears before God in Zion.
8 O (CV)Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O (CW)God of Jacob! Selah.
9 See our (CX)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of (CY)Your anointed.
10 For (CZ)better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is (DA)a sun and (DB)shield;
Yahweh gives grace and (DC)glory;
(DD)No good thing does He withhold [y]from those who walk blamelessly.
12 O Yahweh of hosts,
How (DE)blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Turn Us Back, O God
For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
85 O Yahweh, You showed (DF)favor to Your land;
You [z](DG)returned the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You (DH)forgave the iniquity of Your people;
You (DI)covered all their sin. [aa]Selah.
3 You (DJ)withdrew all Your fury;
You (DK)turned back from Your burning anger.
4 (DL)Turn us back, O God of our salvation,
And (DM)cause Your vexation toward us to cease.
5 Will (DN)You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation?
6 Will You not Yourself (DO)return to [ab]revive us,
That Your people may (DP)be glad in You?
7 Show us, O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness,
And (DQ)give us Your salvation.
8 Let me hear what the God, Yahweh, will speak;
For He will (DR)speak peace to His people, [ac]to His holy ones;
But let them not (DS)turn back to [ad]folly.
9 Surely (DT)His salvation is near to those who [ae]fear Him,
That (DU)glory may dwell in our land.
10 (DV)Lovingkindness and [af]truth have met together;
(DW)Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 [ag]Truth (DX)springs up from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
12 Indeed, (DY)Yahweh will give what is good,
And our (DZ)land will yield its produce.
13 (EA)Righteousness will go before Him
And will establish the way of His steps.
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:6 Lit removed his shoulder from
- Psalm 81:6 Or brick load
- Psalm 81:7 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 81:12 Lit him
- Psalm 81:16 Lit He would feed him
- Psalm 81:16 Lit fat
- Psalm 82:1 Heb El; the one true God
- Psalm 82:1 Or rulers
- Psalm 82:2 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part
- Psalm 83:3 Or consult
- Psalm 83:3 Or hidden ones
- Psalm 83:4 Lit from
- Psalm 83:5 Or consulted
- Psalm 83:8 Lit an arm
- Psalm 83:8 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 83:13 Or tumbleweed
- Psalm 84 Title Possibly an instrument or a title for a tune.
- Psalm 84:2 Lit failed
- Psalm 84:4 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 84:5 Lit their
- Psalm 84:6 Probably Weeping; or Balsam trees
- Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
- Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion
- Psalm 84:11 Lit with regard to
- Psalm 85:1 Or restore the captivity
- Psalm 85:2 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
- Psalm 85:6 Or bring us to life
- Psalm 85:8 Lit even to
- Psalm 85:8 Or stupidity
- Psalm 85:9 Or reverence
- Psalm 85:10 Or faithfulness
- Psalm 85:11 Or Faithfulness
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