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Psalms Chapter 81

¹Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! ²Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. 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 covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know. ⁶“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. ⁷You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” ⁸“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! ⁹There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. ¹⁰I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. ¹¹But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. ¹²So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels. ¹³Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! ¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. ¹⁵The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. ¹⁶But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

1: Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

2: Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

3: Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

4: For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5: He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

6: “I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

7: You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”

8: “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

9: There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

10: I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11: But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

12: So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

13: Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

14: I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

15: The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

16: But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

Psalms Chapter 82

¹God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. ²“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” ³“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. ⁴Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.” ⁵They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. ⁶I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High. ⁷Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.” ⁸Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.

Psalms Chapter 83

¹God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God. ²For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. ³They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. ⁴“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” ⁵For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you. ⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; ⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; ⁸Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. ⁹Do to them as you did to 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, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, ¹²who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.” ¹³My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind. ¹⁴As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, ¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm. ¹⁶Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD. ¹⁷Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish; ¹⁸that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

1: God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

2: For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

3: They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

4: “Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5: For they have conspired together 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: Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot.

9: Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10: who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

11: Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12: who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”

13: My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

14: As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

15: so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

16: Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.

17: Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

18: that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

Psalms Chapter 84

¹How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies! ²My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. ³Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God. ⁴Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. ⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage. ⁶Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings. ⁷They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion. ⁸LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. ⁹Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed. ¹⁰For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. ¹²LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

1: How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!

2: My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3: Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.

4: Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you.

5: Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

6: Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

7: They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

8: LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob.

9: Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

10: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11: For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

12: LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Psalms Chapter 85

¹LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob. ²You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. ³You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. ⁴Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease. ⁵Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations? ⁶Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? ⁷Show us your loving kindness, LORD. Grant us your salvation. ⁸I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly. ⁹Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. ¹⁰Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. ¹¹Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. ¹²Yes, the LORD will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase. ¹³Righteousness goes before him, and prepares the way for his steps.

1: LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

2: You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin.

3: You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

4: Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

5: Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

6: Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

7: Show us your loving kindness, LORD. Grant us your salvation.

8: I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

9: Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

10: Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11: Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

12: Yes, the LORD will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

13: Righteousness goes before him, and prepares the way for his steps.

Psalms Chapter 86

¹Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. ²Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you. ³Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. ⁴Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul. ⁵For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. ⁶Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions. ⁷In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. ⁸There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds. ⁹All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name. ¹⁰For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone. ¹¹Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. ¹²I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more. ¹³For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. ¹⁴God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them. ¹⁵But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth. ¹⁶Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant. ¹⁷Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

1: Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

2: Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

3: Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

4: Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5: For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

6: Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

7: In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

8: There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

9: All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

10: For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

11: Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

12: I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.

13: For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

14: God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

15: But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

16: Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.

17: Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

Psalms Chapter 87

¹His foundation is in the holy mountains. ²The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. ³Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. ⁴I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.” ⁵Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her. ⁶The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” ⁷Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”

Day 181: Psalms 81-87

Psalms 81-87