ASV - Psalms 80 to 84

Psalm 80

For the Chief Musician, set to Shoshanim Eduth.. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth. ²Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. ³Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. ⁴O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? ⁵Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. ⁶Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. ⁷Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. ⁸Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. ⁹Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. ¹⁰The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God. ¹¹It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. ¹²Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? ¹³The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. ¹⁴Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, ¹⁵And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. ¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. ¹⁷Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. ¹⁸So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. ¹⁹Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. ²Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. ³Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day. ⁴For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. ⁵He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not. ⁶I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. ⁷Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah ⁸Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! ⁹There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. ¹⁰I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. ¹¹But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. ¹²So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. ¹³Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! ¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. ¹⁵The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever. ¹⁶He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph.

¹God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. ²How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah ³Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. ⁴Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. ⁵They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken. ⁶I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High. ⁷Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes. ⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations.

Psalm 83 A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. ²For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. ³Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. ⁴They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. ⁵For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: ⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; ⁷Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: ⁸Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah ⁹Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; ¹⁰Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. ¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; ¹²Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God. ¹³O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. ¹⁴As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, ¹⁵So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm. ¹⁶Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. ¹⁷Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish; ¹⁸That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 84 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! ²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God. ³Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God. ⁴Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah ⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion. ⁶Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. ⁷They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. ⁸O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah ⁹Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed. ¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. ¹²O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.