Jun 11 - Psalms 80-85
Psalms
1Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine fort2in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation3Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved4O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant5How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears6You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us7O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved8You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it9You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth10Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God11It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river12So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes13The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it14Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard15and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself16Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance17Let your hand be over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself18For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name19O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved
1Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself. Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob2Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments3Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity4for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob5He set it as a testimony with Joseph, when he went out of the land of Egypt. He heard a tongue that he did not know6He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets7You called upon me in tribulation, and I freed you. I heard you within the hidden tempest. I tested you with waters of contradiction8My people, listen and I will call you to testify. If, O Israel, you will pay heed to me9then there will be no new god among you, nor will you adore a foreign god10For I am the Lord your God, who led you out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth, and I will fill it11But my people did not hear my voice, and Israel was not attentive to me12And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions13If my people had heard me, if Israel had walked in my ways14I would have humbled their enemies, as if it were nothing, and I would have sent my hand upon those who troubled them15The enemies of the Lord have lied to him, and their time will come, in every age16And he fed them from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock
1A Psalm of Asaph. God has stood in the synagogue of gods, but, in their midst, he decides between gods2How long will you judge unjustly and favor the faces of sinners3Judge for the indigent and the orphan. Do justice to the humble and the poor4Rescue the poor, and free the needy from the hand of the sinner5They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved6I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High7But you will die like men, and you will fall just like one of the princes8Rise up, O God. Judge the earth. For you will inherit it with all the nations
1A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God2For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head3They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones4They have said, "Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.5For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant6the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites7and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre8For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot9Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon10They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth11Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leader12who said, "Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.13My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind14Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains15So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath16Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord17Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and let them be confounded and perish18And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth
1Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!2My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God3For even the sparrow has found a home for himself, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord. They will praise you from age to age5Blessed is the man whose help is from you. In his heart, he is disposed to ascen6from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined7For even the lawgiver will provide a blessing; they will go from virtue to virtue. The God of gods will be seen in Zion8O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Pay attention, O God of Jacob9O God, gaze upon our protector, and look upon the face of your Christ10For one day in your courts is better than thousands elsewhere. I have chosen to be lowly in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners11For God loves mercy and truth. The Lord will give grace and glory12He will not withhold good things from those who walk in innocence. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you
1Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. O Lord, you have blessed your land. You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob2You have released the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sins3You have mitigated all your wrath. You have turned aside from the wrath of your indignation4Convert us, O God, our Savior, and turn your anger away from us5Will you be angry with us forever? And will you extend your wrath from generation to generation6O God, you will turn back and revive us. And your people will rejoice in you7O Lord, reveal to us your mercy, and grant to us your salvation8I will listen to what the Lord God may be saying to me. For he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints, and to those who are being converted to the heart9So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land10Mercy and truth have met each other. Justice and peace have kissed11Truth has risen from the earth, and justice has gazed down from heaven12For so will the Lord give goodness, and our earth will give her fruit13Justice will walk before him, and he will set his steps upon the way