For the music director; according to the gittith style;
81:1 Shout for joy to God, our source of strength!
Shout out to the God of Jacob!
81:2 Sing
the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
81:3 Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon,
and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.
81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel;
it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
81:5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,
when he attacked the land of Egypt.
I heard a voice I did not recognize.
81:6 It said:
his hands were released from holding the basket.
81:7 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.
81:8 I said,
I will warn
O Israel, if only you would obey me!
81:9 There must be
You must not worship a foreign god.
81:10 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!’
81:11 But my people did not obey me;
Israel did not submit to me.
81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires;
they did what seemed right to them.
81:13 If only my people would obey me!
If only Israel would keep my commands!
81:14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,
and attack
81:15 (May those who hate the Lord
May they be permanently humiliated!)
81:16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat,
and would satisfy your appetite
A psalm of Asaph.
82:1 God stands in
in the midst of the gods
82:2 He says,
and show favoritism to the wicked?
82:3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless!
Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
82:4 Rescue the poor and needy!
Deliver them from the power
82:5 They
They stumble
while all the foundations of the earth crumble.
82:6 I thought,
all of you are sons of the Most High.’
82:7 Yet you will die like mortals;
you will fall like all the other rulers.”
82:8 Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth!
For you own
A song, a psalm of Asaph.
83:1 O God, do not be silent!
Do not ignore us!
83:2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;
those who hate you are hostile.
83:3 They carefully plot
and make plans to harm
83:4 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.”
83:5 Yes,
they form an alliance
83:6 It includes
Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7 Gebal,
Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendants of Lot.
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor;
their corpses were like manure
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12 who said,
83:13 O my God, make them like dead thistles,
like dead weeds blown away by
83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,
or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
83:15 chase them with your gale winds,
and terrify
83:16 Cover
so they might seek
83:17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified!
May they die in shame!
83:18 Then they will know
the sovereign king
For the music director; according to the gittith style;
84:1 How lovely is the place where you live,
O Lord who rules over all!
84:2 I desperately want to be
in the courts of the Lord’s temple.
My heart and my entire being
to the living God.
84:3 Even the birds find a home there,
and the swallow
where she can protect her young
near your altars, O Lord who rules over all,
my king and my God.
84:4 How blessed
and praise you continually! (Selah)
84:5 How blessed are those who
and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
84:6 As they pass through the Baca Valley,
he provides a spring for them.
The rain
84:7 They are sustained as they travel along;
each one appears
84:8 O Lord, sovereign God,
hear my prayer!
Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
84:9 O God, take notice of our shield!
Show concern for your chosen king!
84:10 Certainly
than spending a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the entrance
than live
84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector.
The Lord bestows favor
he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
84:12 O Lord who rules over all,
how blessed are those who trust in you!
For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm.
85:1 O Lord, you showed favor to your land;
you restored the well-being of Jacob.
85:2 You pardoned
you forgave
85:3 You withdrew all your fury;
you turned back from your raging anger.
85:4 Restore us, O God our deliverer!
Do not be displeased with us!
85:5 Will you stay mad at us forever?
Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
85:6 Will you not revive us once more?
Then your people will rejoice in you!
85:7 O Lord, show us your loyal love!
Bestow on us your deliverance!
85:8 I will listen to what God the Lord says.
For he will make
Yet they must not
85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;
then his splendor will again appear in our land.
85:10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet;
deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.
85:11 Faithfulness grows from the ground,
and deliverance looks down from the sky.
85:12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings,
and our land will yield
85:13 Deliverance goes
and prepares
A prayer of David.
86:1 Listen
For I am oppressed and needy.
86:2 Protect me,
O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!
86:3 Have mercy on me,
for I cry out to you all day long!
86:4 Make your servant
for to you, O Lord, I pray!
86:5 Certainly
and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!
Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
86:7 In my time of trouble I cry out to you,
for you will answer me.
86:8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord!
Your exploits are incomparable!
86:9 All the nations, whom you created,
will come and worship you,
They will honor your name.
86:10 For you are great and do amazing things.
You alone are God.
86:11 O Lord, teach me how you want me to live!
Then I will obey your commands.
Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
86:12 O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart!
I will honor your name continually!
86:13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me,
and will deliver my life
86:14 O God, arrogant men attack me;
a gang
86:15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God.
You are patient
86:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me!
Give your servant your strength!
Deliver your slave!
86:17 Show me evidence of your favor!
Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed,
for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.
Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.
87:1 The Lord’s city is in the holy hills.
87:2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
87:3 People say wonderful things about you,
O city of God. (Selah)
87:4 I mention Rahab
Here are
It is said of them, “This one was born there.”
87:5 But it is said of Zion’s residents,
“Each one of these
and the sovereign One
87:6 The Lord writes in the census book of the nations,
“This one was born there.”
87:7 As for the singers, as well as the pipers –
all of them sing within your walls.