Psalm
81
1
Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!
2
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
3
Sound the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.
4
For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
5
He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.
6
It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.
7
In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8
I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!
9
There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
10
I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!'
11
But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.
12
I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
13
If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!
14
Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries."
15
(May those who hate the LORD cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)
16
"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."
82
1
God stands in the assembly of El; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.
2
He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)
3
Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
4
Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
5
They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.
6
I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'
7
Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."
8
Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.
83
1
O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!
2
For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.
3
They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.
4
They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more."
5
Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.
6
It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8
Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9
Do to them as you did to Midian - as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!
10
They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.
11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12
who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"
13
O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!
14
Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
15
chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.
16
Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD.
17
May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!
18
Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the sovereign king over all the earth.
84
1
How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!
2
I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
3
Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.
4
How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)
5
How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
6
As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.
7
They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
8
O LORD, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
9
O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
10
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
11
For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
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O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!
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