Psalm 82

A Psalm ||of Asaph.

1  aGod bstandeth in the congregation of the mighty;

cHe judgeth among the dgods.

2  eHow long will ye judge unjustly,

And fgaccept the persons gof the wicked? Selah.

3  †Defend the hpoor and ifatherless:

iDo justice to the afflicted and needy.

4  kDeliver the hpoor and needy:

lRid them out of the hand of the wicked.

5  mThey know not, neither will they understand;

nThey walk on in darkness:

oAll the foundations of the earth are †out of course.

6  pI have said, Ye are qgods;

And all of you are rchildren of the most High.

7  But sye shall die tlike men,

And fall like one of the princes.

8  uArise, O God, judge the earth:

xFor thou shalt inherit all nations.

Psalm 83

*A Song or Psalm ||of Asaph.

1  aKeep not thou silence, O God:

bHold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2  For, lo, thine enemies cmake a tumult:

And they that dhate thee have elifted up the head.

3  fThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people,

And consulted against gthy hidden ones.

4  They have said, Come, and let us hcut them off ifrom being a nation;

That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5  For they have kconsulted together with one †consent:

They lare confederate against thee:

6  The tabernacles of mEdom, and the nIshmaelites;

Of mMoab, and the oHagarenes;

7  psGebal, and mAmmon, and qAmalek;

The rPhilistines with the inhabitants of sTyre;

8  stAssur also is joined with them:

†They have uholpen xthe children of Lot. Selah.

9  Do unto them as unto the yMidianites;

As to zSisera, as to Jabin, at athe brook of Kison:

10  Which perished at bEn-dor:

They became cas dung for the earth.

11  Make their nobles like dOreb, and like dZeeb:

Yea, all their eprinces as fZebah, and as fZalmunna:

12  Who said, gLet us take to ourselves

The hhouses of God in possession.

13  O my God, make them ilike a wheel;

kAs the stubble ipbefore the wind.

14  lAs the fire burneth a wood,

And as the flame msetteth the mountains on fire;

15  So ipersecute them nwith thy otempest,

And make them afraid with thy ipstorm.

16  qFill their faces with shame;

That they may seek thy name, O Lord.

17  Let them be rconfounded and troubled for ever;

Yea, let them be rput to shame, and perish:

18  That men smay know that thou, twhose name ualone is JEHOVAH,

Art wthe most high over all the earth.

Psalm 84

To the chief Musician *upon Gittith, A Psalm ||for the sons of Korah.

1  *How aamiable are bthy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

2  cMy soul longeth, yea, even dfainteth for ethe courts of the Lord:

My heart and my flesh crieth out for fthe living God.

3  Yea, the gsparrow hath found an house,

And the gswallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, hmy King, and my God.

4  iBlessed are they that dwell in thy house:

They kwill be still praising thee. Selah.

5  Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;

In whose heart are lthe ways of them.

6  Who passing through the valley ||of Baca make it a well;

The mrain also †nfilleth the pools.

7  They go ||ofrom strength to strength,

Every one of them in Zion pappeareth before God.

8  qO Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:

Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9  rBehold, O God our sshield,

And look upon the face of tthine anointed.

10  For a day in ethy 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.

11  For the Lord God is ua sun and sshield:

The Lord will give grace and glory:

xNo good thing will he withhold from them that ywalk uprightly.

12  O Lord of hosts,

zBlessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 85

To the chief Musician, A Psalm ||for the sons of Korah.

1  Lord, thou hast been ||Favourable unto thy land:

Thou hast abrought back the captivity of Jacob.

2  Thou hast bforgiven the iniquity of thy people,

Thou hast bcovered all their sin. Selah.

3  Thou hast taken away all thy wrath:

||Thou hast cturned dthyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

4  eTurn us, O God of our salvation,

fAnd cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5  gWilt thou be angry with us for ever?

Wilt thou hdraw out thine anger to all generations?

6  Wilt thou not irevive us again:

That jthy people may rejoice in thee?

7  Shew us thy mercy, O Lord,

And grant us thy salvation.

8  kI will hear what God the Lord will speak:

For lhe will speak peace unto his people, and to mhis saints:

But let them not nturn again to ofolly.

9  Surely phis salvation is nigh them that fear him;

That qglory may dwell in our land.

10  rMercy and truth rrare met together;

sRighteousness and stpeace have kissed each other.

11  Truth shall uspring out of the earth;

And urighteousness shall look down from heaven.

12  Yea, xthe Lord shall give that which is good;

And your land shall yield her increase.

13  zRighteousness shall go before him;

And shall set us in the way of his steps.

Psalm 86

||A Prayer of David.

1  aBow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me:

For bI am poor and needy.

2  Preserve my soul; for I am ||holy:

O thou my God, save thy servant cthat trusteth in thee.

3  dBe merciful unto me, O Lord:

For eI cry unto thee ||daily.

4  Rejoice the soul of thy servant:

For funto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5  For thou, Lord, art good, and ffready to forgive;

And gplenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

6  hGive ear, O Lord, unto my prayer;

And hiattend to the voice of my supplications.

7  jIn the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:

kFor thou wilt answer me.

8  lAmong the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;

Neither are there any works mlike unto thy works.

9  All nations whom thou hast made nshall come

And oworship before thee, O Lord;

And shall glorify thy name.

10  For thou art pgreat, and qdoest wondrous things:

rThou art God alone.

11  sTeach me thy way, O Lord; tI will walk in thy truth:

Unite my heart to fear thy name.

12  I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:

And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13  For great is thy mercy toward me:

And thou hast udelivered my soul from vthe lowest ||hell.

14  O God, wthe proud are risen against me,

And the assemblies of †violent men have sought after my soul;

And have not set thee before them.

15  xBut thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,

Longsuffering, and gplenteous in mercy and truth.

16  O yturn unto me, and dhave mercy upon me;

Give thy strength unto zthy servant,

And save zthe son of thine handmaid.

17  aShew me a token bfor good;

That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed:

Because thou, Lord, hast cholpen me, and comforted me.