Old/New Testament
Yet God Is My King
A [a]Maskil of Asaph.
74 Why, O God? Have You (A)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger (B)smoke against the (C)sheep of Your [b]pasture?
2 Remember Your congregation, which You have (D)purchased of old,
Which You have (E)redeemed to be the (F)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount (G)Zion, where You have dwelt.
3 Lift up Your steps toward the (H)perpetual ruins;
The enemy (I)has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
4 Your adversaries have (J)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their (K)own signs (L)for signs.
5 Each seems like one who lifts up
[c]An (M)axe against the undergrowth of trees.
6 And now its (N)carved work altogether
They smash with hatchet and [d]hammers.
7 They have (O)set Your sanctuary on fire;
By bringing it to the ground, they have (P)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
8 They (Q)said in their heart, “Let us [e]completely [f]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9 We do not see our (R)signs;
There is (S)no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows (T)how long.
10 How long, O God, will the adversary (U)reproach?
Will the enemy (V)spurn Your name forever?
11 Why (W)do You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, (X)destroy them!
12 Yet God is (Y)my King from of old,
Who works deeds of [g]salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You (Z)divided the sea by Your strength;
You (AA)broke the heads of the (AB)sea monsters [h]in the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of [i](AC)Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the [j]creatures (AD)of the desert.
15 [k]You (AE)split open spring and river;
[l]You (AF)dried up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
[m]You have (AG)established the [n]light and the sun.
17 [o]You have (AH)caused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm;
[p]You have formed (AI)summer and winter.
18 Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has (AJ)reproached,
And a (AK)wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your (AL)turtledove to the wild beast;
(AM)Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
20 Look to the (AN)covenant;
For the (AO)dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.
21 Let not the (AP)oppressed return dishonored;
Let the (AQ)afflicted and needy praise Your name.
22 Arise, O God, and (AR)plead Your own cause;
Remember [q]how the (AS)wicked fool reproaches You all day long.
23 Do not forget the voice of Your (AT)adversaries,
The (AU)rumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.
God Judges with Equity
For the choir director. [r]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph. [s]A Song.
75 We (AV)give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks,
For Your name is (AW)near;
Men recount (AX)Your wondrous deeds.
2 “For I select an (AY)appointed time,
It is I who (AZ)judge with equity.
3 The (BA)earth and all who dwell in it [t]melt;
It is I who have firmly set its (BB)pillars. [u]Selah.
4 I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
And to the wicked, ‘(BC)Do not raise up the horn;
5 Do not raise up your horn on high,
(BD)Nor speak with insolent [v]pride.’”
6 For one’s rising up does not come from the east, nor from the west,
And not from the [w](BE)desert;
7 But (BF)God is the Judge;
He (BG)puts down one and raises up another.
8 For a (BH)cup is in the hand of Yahweh, and the wine foams;
It is (BI)full of His mixture, and He pours from this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and (BJ)drink down its dregs.
9 But as for me, I will (BK)declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 And all the (BL)horns of the wicked I will cut off,
But (BM)the horns of the righteous will be raised up.
God’s Name Is Great in Israel
For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
76 God is (BN)known in Judah;
His name is (BO)great in Israel.
2 So His [x](BP)tabernacle is in (BQ)Salem;
His (BR)dwelling place is in Zion.
3 There He (BS)broke the [y]flaming arrows,
The shield and the sword and the battle. [z]Selah.
4 You are shining,
Majestic from the mountains of prey.
5 The (BT)stouthearted were plundered,
[aa]They sank into sleep;
And none of the [ab]warriors could use his hands.
6 At Your (BU)rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both (BV)chariot rider and horse slumbered into a deep sleep.
7 But You, You are [ac](BW)fearsome;
And (BX)who can stand in Your presence when once [ad]You are angry?
16 So then it does not depend on the one who wills or the one who (A)runs, but on (B)God who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “(C)For this very purpose I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and in order that My name might be proclaimed [a]throughout the whole earth.” 18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He (D)hardens whom He desires.
19 (E)You will say to me then, “(F)Why does He still find fault? For (G)who resists His will?” 20 On the contrary, who are you, (H)O man, who (I)answers back to God? (J)Will the thing molded say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this”? 21 Or does not the potter have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel [b]for honorable use and another [c]for dishonorable use? 22 And [d]what if God, wanting to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much (K)patience vessels of wrath (L)having been prepared for destruction, 23 and in order that He might make known (M)the riches of His glory upon (N)vessels of mercy, which He (O)prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us, whom He also (P)called, (Q)not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles? 25 As He says also in Hosea,
“(R)I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’
And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”
26 “(S)And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of (T)the living God.”
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “(U)Though the number of the sons of Israel be (V)like the sand of the sea, it is (W)the remnant that will be saved; 28 (X)for the Lord will execute His word on the land, [e]thoroughly and [f]quickly.” 29 And just as Isaiah foretold,
“(Y)Unless (Z)the Lord of [g]Sabaoth had left to us a seed,
(AA)We would have become like Sodom, and would have [h]resembled Gomorrah.”
30 (AB)What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, laid hold of righteousness, even (AC)the righteousness which is [i]by faith; 31 but Israel, (AD)pursuing a law of righteousness, did not (AE)attain that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it [j]by faith, but as though it were [k]by works. They stumbled over (AF)the stumbling stone, 33 just as it is written,
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