Psalm 80-85

New King James Version

^3 (F)Restore us, O God;
^(G)Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁴ O Lord God of hosts,
^(H)How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
^5 (I)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
⁶ You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷ Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁸ You have brought ^(J)a vine out of Egypt;
^(K)You have cast out the ^[c]nations, and planted it.
⁹ You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
¹⁰ The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the ^[d]mighty cedars with its ^(L)boughs.
¹¹ She sent out her boughs to ^[e]the Sea,
And her branches to ^[f]the River.

¹² Why have You ^(M)broken down her ^[g]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
¹³ The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴ Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
^(N)Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
¹⁵ And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong ^(O)for Yourself.
¹⁶ It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
^(P)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
^17 (Q)Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸ Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹ Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

³ Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
⁴ For ^(S)this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.
⁵ This He established in Joseph as a testimony,
When He went throughout the land of Egypt,
^(T)Where I heard a language I did not understand.

⁶ “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.
^7 (U)You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
^(V)I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I ^(W)tested you at the waters of ^[i]Meribah. Selah

⁸ “Hear,^(X) O My people, and I will admonish you!
O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
⁹ There shall be no ^(Y)foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
^10 (Z)I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
^(AA)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have ^(AB)none of Me.
^12 (AC)So I gave them over to ^[j]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.

¹³ “Oh,^(AD) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
^15 (AE)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their ^[k]fate would endure forever.
¹⁶ He would ^(AF)have fed them also with ^[l]the finest of wheat;
And with honey ^(AG)from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

⁵ They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the ^(AL)foundations of the earth are ^[p]unstable.

⁶ I said, ^(AM)“You are ^[q]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
⁷ But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth;
^(AN)For You shall inherit all nations.

⁵ For they have consulted together with one ^[t]consent;
They ^[u]form a confederacy against You:
^6 (AS)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
⁷ Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
⁸ Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

⁹ Deal with them as with ^(AT)Midian,
As with ^(AU)Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
¹⁰ Who perished at En Dor,
^(AV)Who became as refuse on the earth.
¹¹ Make their nobles like ^(AW)Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like ^(AX)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹² Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”

^13 (AY)O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
^(AZ)Like the chaff before the wind!
¹⁴ As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame ^(BA)sets the mountains on fire,
¹⁵ So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
¹⁶ Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
¹⁷ Let them be ^[v]confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
^18 (BB)That they may know that You, whose ^(BC)name alone is the Lord,
Are ^(BD)the Most High over all the earth.

³ Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^(BH)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley ^(BI)of ^[y]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with ^[z]pools.
⁷ They go ^(BJ)from strength to strength;
^[aa]Each one ^(BK)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
^9 (BL)O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your ^[ab]anointed.

¹⁰ For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather ^[ac]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(BM)a sun and ^(BN)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
^(BO)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

¹² O Lord of hosts,
^(BP)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

^4 (BS)Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
^5 (BT)Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
⁶ Will You not ^(BU)revive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?
⁷ Show us Your mercy, Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

⁸ I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to ^[ad]folly.
⁹ Surely ^(BV)His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
^(BW)That glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met together;
^(BX)Righteousness and peace have kissed.
¹¹ Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
^12 (BY)Yes, the Lord will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.
¹³ Righteousness will go before Him,
And shall make His footsteps our pathway.