Psalm 80-84
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 80
A Prayer for Restoration
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”(A) A testimony of Asaph.(B) A psalm.
1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;(C)
you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(D)
shine(E) 2 on Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.(F)
Rally your power and come to save us.(G)
3 Restore us, God;
make your face shine on us,(H)
so that we may be saved.(I)
4 Lord God of Armies,
how long will you be angry
with your people’s prayers?(J)
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure[a]
of tears to drink.(K)
6 You put us at odds with our neighbors;
our enemies mock us.(L)
7 Restore us, God of Armies;
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.(M)
8 You dug up a vine from Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.(N)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.(O)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars[b] with its branches.(P)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea[c]
and shoots toward the River.[d](Q)
12 Why have you broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?(R)
13 Boars from the forest tear at it
and creatures of the field feed on it.(S)
14 Return, God of Armies.(T)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the root[e] your right hand planted,
the son[f] that you made strong for yourself.(U)
16 It was cut down and burned;
they[g] perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(V)
17 Let your hand be with the man at your right hand,
with the son of man
you have made strong for yourself.(W)
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive us, and we will call on your name.(X)
19 Restore us, Lord, God of Armies;(Y)
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.(Z)
Psalm 81
A Call to Obedience
For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.(AA)
1 Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.(AB)
2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.(AC)
3 Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts[h]
during the new moon(AD)
and during the full moon.
4 For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.(AE)
5 He set it up as a decree for Joseph
when he went throughout[i] the land of Egypt.(AF)
I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 “I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.(AG)
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.(AH)
I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.(AI)Selah
8 Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to me!(AJ)
9 There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.(AK)
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.(AL)
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(AM)
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel did not obey me.(AN)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.(AO)
13 If only my people would listen to me
and Israel would follow my ways,(AP)
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.”(AQ)
15 Those who hate the Lord
would cower to him;(AR)
their doom would last forever.(AS)
16 But he would feed Israel[j] with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”(AT)
Psalm 82
A Plea for Righteous Judgment
A psalm of Asaph.(AU)
1 God stands in the divine assembly;
he pronounces judgment among the gods:[k](AV)
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?(AW)Selah
3 Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.(AX)
4 Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”(AY)
5 They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.(AZ)
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.(BA)
6 I said, “You are gods;(BB)
you are all sons of the Most High.(BC)
7 However, you will die like humans
and fall like any other ruler.”(BD)
8 Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to you.(BE)
Psalm 83
Prayer against Enemies
A song. A psalm of Asaph.(BF)
1 God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.(BG)
2 See how your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have acted arrogantly.[l](BH)
3 They devise clever schemes against your people;
they conspire against your treasured ones.(BI)
4 They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”(BJ)
5 For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance[m] against you(BK)—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,(BL)
Moab and the Hagrites,(BM)
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,(BN)
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.(BO)
8 Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support[n] to the sons of Lot.[o](BP)Selah
9 Deal with them as you did with Midian,(BQ)
as you did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.(BR)
10 They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.(BS)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(BT)
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,(BU)
12 who said, “Let’s seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”(BV)
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.(BW)
14 As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,(BX)
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your storm.(BY)
16 Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek your name, Lord.(BZ)
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.(CA)
18 May they know that you alone—
whose name is the Lord—
are the Most High over the whole earth.(CB)
Psalm 84
Longing for God’s House
For the choir director: on the Gittith.(CC) A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord of Armies.(CD)
2 I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for[p] the living God.(CE)
3 Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near your altars, Lord of Armies,
my King and my God.(CF)
4 How happy are those who reside in your house,
who praise you continually.(CG)Selah
5 Happy are the people whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(CH)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,[q]
they make it a source of spring water;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.[r](CI)
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.(CJ)
8 Lord God of Armies, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.(CK)Selah
9 Consider our shield,[s] God;(CL)
look on the face of your anointed one.(CM)
10 Better a day in your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
than live in the tents of wicked people.(CN)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.(CO)
The Lord grants favor and honor;
he does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.(CP)
12 Happy is the person who trusts in you,
Lord of Armies!(CQ)
Footnotes
- 80:5 Lit a one-third measure
- 80:10 Lit the cedars of God
- 80:11 = the Mediterranean
- 80:11 = the Euphrates
- 80:15 Hb obscure
- 80:15 Or shoot
- 80:16 Or may they
- 81:3 Lit feast
- 81:5 Or he gained authority over
- 81:16 Lit him
- 82:1 Or the heavenly beings, or the earthly rulers; Hb elohim
- 83:2 Lit have lifted their head
- 83:5 Lit they cut a covenant
- 83:8 Lit they are an arm
- 83:8 = Moab and Ammon
- 84:2 Or flesh shout for joy to
- 84:6 Or Valley of Tears
- 84:6 Or pools
- 84:9 = the king
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