Beginning

³ Restore^(F) us,^(G) O God;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.^(H)

⁴ How long,^(I) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder^(J)
    against the prayers of your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears;^(K)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.^(L)
6 You have made us an object of derision^[b] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.^(M)

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.^(N)

⁸ You transplanted a vine^(O) from Egypt;
    you drove out^(P) the nations and planted^(Q) 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](R)

¹² Why have you broken down its walls^(S)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
¹³ Boars from the forest ravage^(T) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.
¹⁴ Return to us, God Almighty!
    Look down from heaven and see!^(U)
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;^(V)
    at your rebuke^(W) your people perish.
¹⁷ Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
    the son of man^(X) you have raised up for yourself.
¹⁸ Then we will not turn away from you;
    revive^(Y) 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.

³ Sound the ram’s horn^(AD) at the New Moon,^(AE)
    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.^(AF)
5 When God went out against Egypt,^(AG)
    he established it as a statute for Joseph.

I heard an unknown voice say:^(AH)

⁶ “I removed the burden^(AI) from their shoulders;^(AJ)
    their hands were set free from the basket.
⁷ In your distress you called^(AK) and I rescued you,
    I answered^(AL) you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.^[h](AM)
8 Hear me, my people,^(AN) and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!
⁹ You shall have no foreign god^(AO) 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.^(AP)
Open^(AQ) wide your mouth and I will fill^(AR) it.

¹¹ “But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not submit to me.^(AS)
12 So I gave them over^(AT) to their stubborn hearts
    to follow their own devices.

¹³ “If my people would only listen to me,^(AU)
    if Israel would only follow my ways,
¹⁴ how quickly I would subdue^(AV) their enemies
    and turn my hand against^(AW) their foes!
¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would cringe^(AX) before him,
    and their punishment would last forever.
¹⁶ But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;^(AY)
    with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

² “How long will you^[i] defend the unjust
    and show partiality^(BB) to the wicked?^[j](BC)
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(BD)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(BE) and the oppressed.
⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵ “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(BF)
    They walk about in darkness;^(BG)
    all the foundations^(BH) of the earth are shaken.

⁶ “I said, ‘You are “gods”;^(BI)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
⁷ But you will die^(BJ) like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

⁸ Rise up,^(BK) O God, judge^(BL) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.^(BM)

⁵ With one mind they plot together;^(BV)
    they form an alliance against you—
⁶ the tents of Edom^(BW) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab^(BX) and the Hagrites,^(BY)
7 Byblos,^(BZ) Ammon^(CA) and Amalek,^(CB)
    Philistia,^(CC) with the people of Tyre.^(CD)
8 Even Assyria^(CE) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.^[l](CF)

⁹ Do to them as you did to Midian,^(CG)
    as you did to Sisera^(CH) and Jabin^(CI) at the river Kishon,^(CJ)
10 who perished at Endor^(CK)
    and became like dung^(CL) on the ground.
¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(CM)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(CN)
12 who said, “Let us take possession^(CO)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff^(CP) before the wind.
¹⁴ As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,^(CQ)
15 so pursue them with your tempest^(CR)
    and terrify them with your storm.^(CS)
16 Cover their faces with shame,^(CT) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

¹⁷ May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;^(CU)
    may they perish in disgrace.^(CV)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord^(CW)—
    that you alone are the Most High^(CX) over all the earth.^(CY)

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength^(DG) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(DH)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(DI)
    the autumn^(DJ) rains also cover it with pools.^[p]
7 They go from strength to strength,^(DK)
    till each appears^(DL) before God in Zion.^(DM)

⁸ Hear my prayer,^(DN) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
⁹ Look on our shield,^[q](DO) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.^(DP)

¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(DQ) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun^(DR) and shield;^(DS)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold^(DT)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

¹² Lord Almighty,
    blessed^(DU) is the one who trusts in you.

⁴ Restore^(EA) us again, God our Savior,^(EB)
    and put away your displeasure toward us.
⁵ Will you be angry with us forever?^(EC)
    Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
⁶ Will you not revive^(ED) us again,
    that your people may rejoice^(EE) in you?
⁷ Show us your unfailing love,^(EF) Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.^(EG)

⁸ I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace^(EH) to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.^(EI)
9 Surely his salvation^(EJ) is near those who fear him,
    that his glory^(EK) may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Love and faithfulness^(EL) meet together;
    righteousness^(EM) and peace kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness^(EN) looks down from heaven.
¹² The Lord will indeed give what is good,^(EO)
    and our land will yield^(EP) its harvest.
¹³ Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.