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8
Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to You.
Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to You.
Psalms
Prayer against Enemies
83
God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.
2
See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
3
They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.
4
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel's name will no longer be remembered.”
5
For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance against You —
6
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8
Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.
God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.
2
See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
3
They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.
4
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel's name will no longer be remembered.”
5
For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance against You —
6
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8
Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.
9
Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10
They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.
11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12
who said, “Let us seize God's pastures for ourselves.”
Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10
They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.
11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12
who said, “Let us seize God's pastures for ourselves.”
13
Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.
14
As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,
15
so pursue them with Your tempest
and terrify them with Your storm.
16
Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name
•Yahweh
.
17
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.
18
May they know that You alone —
whose name is Yahweh —
are the
•Most
High over all the earth.
Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.
14
As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,
15
so pursue them with Your tempest
and terrify them with Your storm.
16
Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name
•Yahweh
.
17
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.
18
May they know that You alone —
whose name is Yahweh —
are the
•Most
High over all the earth.
Psalms
Longing for God's House
84
How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord
of
•Hosts
.
2
I long and yearn
for the courts of the
Lord
;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord
of
•Hosts
.
2
I long and yearn
for the courts of the
Lord
;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
3
Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young —
near Your altars,
Lord
of Hosts,
my King and my God.
4
How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.
Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young —
near Your altars,
Lord
of Hosts,
my King and my God.
4
How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.
5
Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.
7
They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in
•Zion
.
Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.
7
They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in
•Zion
.
8
Lord
God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.
Lord
God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.
Selah
9
Consider our shield, God;
look on the face of Your anointed one.
Consider our shield, God;
look on the face of Your anointed one.
10
Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.
11
For the
Lord
God is a sun and shield.
The
Lord
gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.
12
Happy is the person who trusts in You,
Lord
of Hosts!
Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.
11
For the
Lord
God is a sun and shield.
The
Lord
gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.
12
Happy is the person who trusts in You,
Lord
of Hosts!
Psalms
Restoration of Favor
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
85
Lord
, You showed favor to Your land;
You restored Jacob's prosperity.
2
You took away Your people's
•guilt
;
You covered all their sin.
Lord
, You showed favor to Your land;
You restored Jacob's prosperity.
2
You took away Your people's
•guilt
;
You covered all their sin.
3
You withdrew all Your fury;
You turned from Your burning anger.
You withdrew all Your fury;
You turned from Your burning anger.
4
Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.
5
Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?
6
Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?
7
Show us Your faithful love,
Lord
,
and give us Your salvation.
Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.
5
Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?
6
Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?
7
Show us Your faithful love,
Lord
,
and give us Your salvation.
8
I will listen to what God will say;
surely the
Lord
will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.
9
His salvation is very near those who
•fear
Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.
I will listen to what God will say;
surely the
Lord
will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.
9
His salvation is very near those who
•fear
Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.
10
Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
11
Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
12
Also, the
Lord
will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.
13
Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.
Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
11
Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
12
Also, the
Lord
will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.
13
Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.
Psalms
Lament and Petition
A Davidic prayer.
86
Listen,
Lord
, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2
Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
3
Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to You all day long.
4
Bring joy to Your servant's life,
because I turn to You, Lord.
Listen,
Lord
, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2
Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
3
Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to You all day long.
4
Bring joy to Your servant's life,
because I turn to You, Lord.
5
For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.
6
Lord
, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.
7
I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.
For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.
6
Lord
, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.
7
I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.
8
Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.
9
All the nations You have made
will come and bow down before You, Lord,
and will honor Your name.
10
For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.
Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.
9
All the nations You have made
will come and bow down before You, Lord,
and will honor Your name.
10
For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.
11
Teach me Your way,
•Yahweh
,
and I will live by Your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to
•fear
Your name.
12
I will praise You with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor Your name forever.
13
For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of
•Sheol
.
Teach me Your way,
•Yahweh
,
and I will live by Your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to
•fear
Your name.
12
I will praise You with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor Your name forever.
13
For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of
•Sheol
.
14
God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.
15
But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.
16
Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.
17
Show me a sign of Your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You,
Lord
, have helped and comforted me.
God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.
15
But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.
16
Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.
17
Show me a sign of Your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You,
Lord
, have helped and comforted me.
Psalms
Zion, the City of God
A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song.
87
His foundation is on the holy mountains.
2
The
Lord
loves the gates of
•Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.
His foundation is on the holy mountains.
2
The
Lord
loves the gates of
•Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.
4
“I will mention those who know Me:
•Rahab
, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and
•Cush
—
each one was born there.”
5
And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The
•Most
High Himself will establish her.
6
When He registers the peoples,
the
Lord
will record,
“This one was born there.”
“I will mention those who know Me:
•Rahab
, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and
•Cush
—
each one was born there.”
5
And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The
•Most
High Himself will establish her.
6
When He registers the peoples,
the
Lord
will record,
“This one was born there.”
Selah
7
Singers and dancers alike will say,
“My whole source of joy is in you.”
Singers and dancers alike will say,
“My whole source of joy is in you.”
Psalms
A Cry of Desperation
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to
Mahalath Leannoth.
A •
Maskil
of Heman the Ezrahite.
Mahalath Leannoth.
A •
Maskil
of Heman the Ezrahite.
88
Lord
, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.
2
May my prayer reach Your presence;
listen to my cry.
Lord
, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.
2
May my prayer reach Your presence;
listen to my cry.
3
For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near
•Sheol
.
4
I am counted among those going down to the
•Pit
.
I am like a man without strength,
5
abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.
For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near
•Sheol
.
4
I am counted among those going down to the
•Pit
.
I am like a man without strength,
5
abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.
6
You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.
7
Your wrath weighs heavily on me;
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.
You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.
7
Your wrath weighs heavily on me;
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.
8
You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
9
My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord
, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.
You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
9
My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord
, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.
10
Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
Selah
11
Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in
•Abaddon
?
12
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in
•Abaddon
?
12
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13
But I call to You for help,
Lord
;
in the morning my prayer meets You.
14
Lord
, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15
From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.
16
Your wrath sweeps over me;
Your terrors destroy me.
17
They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.
18
You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.
But I call to You for help,
Lord
;
in the morning my prayer meets You.
14
Lord
, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15
From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.
16
Your wrath sweeps over me;
Your terrors destroy me.
17
They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.
18
You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.
Psalms
Perplexity about God's Promises
89
I will sing about the
Lord
's faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.
2
For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”
I will sing about the
Lord
's faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.
2
For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”
3
The
Lord
said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
4
‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.' ”
The
Lord
said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
4
‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.' ”
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