Old/New Testament
81 1 An exhortation to praise God both in heart and voice for his benefits, 8 and to worship him only. 11 God condemneth their ingratitude, 12 and showeth what great benefit they have lost through their own malice.
To him that excelleth upon [a]Gittith. A Psalm committeth to Asaph.
1 Sing [b]joyfully unto God our strength: sing loud unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the viol.
3 Blow the trumpet in the [c]new moon, even in the time appointed at our feast day.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the God of Jacob.
5 He set this in [d]Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that [e]I understood not.
6 I have withdrawn his shoulder from the burden, and his hands have left the [f]pots.
7 Thou calledst in affliction, and I delivered thee, and [g]answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I proved thee at the waters of [h]Meribah. Selah.
8 [i]Hear, O my people, and I will protest unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me,
9 And wilt have no strange god in thee, neither worship any strange god,
10 (For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:) [j]open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hear my voice, and Israel would none of me,
12 So I gave them up unto the hardness of their heart, and they have walked in their own counsels.
13 [k]Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I would soon have humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand [l]against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should have been subject unto him, and their time [m]should have endured forever.
16 And God would have fed them with the [n]fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock would I have sufficed thee.
82 1 The Prophet declaring God to be present among the Judges and Magistrates, 2 Reproveth their partiality. 3 And exhorteth them to do justice. 5 But seeing none amendment, 8 He desireth God to undertake the matter and execute justice himself.
A Psalm committeth to Aspah.
1 God standeth in the assembly of [o]gods: he judgeth among gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the [p]wicked? Selah.
3 Do right to the poor and fatherless: do justice to the poor and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and [q]needy: save them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not and understand nothing: they walk in darkness, albeit all the [r]foundations of the earth be moved.
6 I have said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.
7 [s]But ye shall die as a man, and ye princes shall fall like others.
8 O God, arise, therefore judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit [t]all nations.
83 1 The people of Israel pray unto the Lord to deliver them from their enemies both at home and far off, which imagined nothing but their destruction. 9 And they desire that all such wicked people may according as God was accustomed, be stricken with the stormy tempest of God’s wrath, 18 That they may know that the Lord is most high upon the earth.
A song or Psalm committed to Asaph.
1 Keep [u]not thou silence, O God: be not still, and cease not, O God.
2 For lo, thine [v]enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee, have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy [w]secret ones.
4 They have said, Come and let us [x]cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together in [y]heart, and have made a league [z]against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites:
7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of [aa]Tyre.
8 Assyria also is joined with them: they have been an arm to the children [ab]of Lot. Selah.
9 Do thou to them as unto the [ac]Midianites: as to Sisera and as to Jabin at the river of Kishon.
10 They perished at En Dor, and were [ad]dung for the earth.
11 Make them, even their princes, like (A)Oreb and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmunna,
12 Which have said, Let us take for our possession the [ae]habitations of God.
13 O my God, make them like unto a [af]wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may [ag]seek thy Name, O Lord.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever: yea, let them be put to shame, and perish,
18 That they may [ah]know that thou, which art calleth Jehovah, art alone, even the most High over all the earth.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well: through unbelief they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: be not high-minded, but [a]fear.
21 For if God spared not the [b]natural branches, take heed, lest he also spare not thee.
22 [c]Behold therefore the [d]bountifulness, and severity of God: toward them which have fallen, severity: but toward thee, bountifulness, if thou continue in his [e]bountifulness: or else thou shalt also be cut off.
23 [f]And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if thou wast cut out of the Olive tree, which was wild by [g]nature, and was grafted contrary to nature in a [h]right Olive tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, be grafted in their own Olive tree?
25 [i]For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (lest ye should be arrogant in [j]yourselves) that partly obstinacy is come to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be [k]come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, (A)The deliverer shall come out of Zion, and shall turn away the ungodliness from Jacob.
27 And this is my covenant to them, (B)When I shall take away their sins.
28 [l]As concerning the [m]Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the [n]election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 [o]For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 [p]For even as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so now have they not believed by the mercy showed unto you, that they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath shut up [q]all in unbelief, that he might have mercy on all.
33 [r]O the deepness of the riches, both of the wisdom, and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his [s]judgments, and his [t]ways past finding out!
34 (C)[u]For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who was his counselor?
35 Or who hath given unto him [v]first, and he shall be recompensed?
36 For of him, and through him, and for [w]him are all things: to him be glory forever. Amen.
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