81  ^hSing aloud to God our strength;

ⁱshout for joy to the God of Jacob!

2  Raise a song; sound ^jthe tambourine,

^kthe sweet lyre with ^kthe harp.

3  Blow the trumpet at ^lthe new moon,

at the full moon, on our feast day.

4  For it is a statute for Israel,

a rule² of the God of Jacob.

5  He made it ^ma decree in ⁿJoseph

when he ^owent out over³ the land of Egypt.

^pI hear a language ^qI had not known:

6  “I ^rrelieved your⁴ shoulder of ^sthe burden;

your hands were freed from the basket.

7  In distress you ^tcalled, and I delivered you;

I ^uanswered you in the secret place of thunder;

I ^vtested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8  ^wHear, O my people, while I admonish you!

O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

9  There shall be no ^xstrange god among you;

you shall not bow down to a ^yforeign god.

10  ^zI am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

^aOpen your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11  “But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel ^bwould not submit to me.

12  So I ^cgave them over to their ^dstubborn hearts,

to follow their own ^ecounsels.

13  ^fOh, that my people would listen to me,

that Israel would ^gwalk in my ways!

14  I would soon subdue their enemies

and ^hturn my hand against their foes.

15  Those who hate the Lord would ⁱcringe toward him,

and their fate would last forever.

16  But he would feed you⁵ with ^jthe finest of the wheat,

and with ^khoney from the rock I would satisfy you.”

82  ^mGod ⁿhas taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of ^pthe gods he ^qholds judgment:

2  “How long will you judge unjustly

and ^rshow partiality to ^sthe wicked? Selah

3  ^tGive justice to ^uthe weak and the fatherless;

^vmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

4  ^wRescue the weak and the needy;

^xdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5  ^yThey have neither knowledge nor understanding,

^zthey walk about in darkness;

^aall the foundations of the earth are ^bshaken.

6  ^cI said, “You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you;

7  nevertheless, like men ^dyou shall die,

and fall like any prince.”¹

8  ^eArise, O God, judge the earth;

for you shall ^finherit all the nations!

83  O God, do not keep silence;

^hdo not hold your peace or be still, O God!

2  For behold, your enemies ⁱmake an uproar;

those who hate you have ^jraised their heads.

3  They lay ^kcrafty plans against your people;

they consult together against your ^ltreasured ones.

4  They say, “Come, ^mlet us wipe them out as a nation;

let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”

5  For they conspire with one accord;

against you they make a covenant—

6  the tents of ⁿEdom and ^othe Ishmaelites,

^pMoab and ^qthe Hagrites,

7  ^rGebal and ^pAmmon and ^sAmalek,

^tPhilistia with the inhabitants of ^uTyre;

8  ^vAsshur also has joined them;

they are the strong arm of ^wthe children of Lot. Selah

9  Do to them as you did to ^xMidian,

as to ^ySisera and Jabin at ^zthe river Kishon,

10  who were destroyed at ^aEn-dor,

who became ^bdung for the ground.

11  Make their nobles like ^cOreb and Zeeb,

all their princes like ^dZebah and Zalmunna,

12  who said, ^e“Let us take possession for ourselves

of the pastures of God.”

13  O my God, make them like ^fwhirling dust,¹

like ^gchaff before the wind.

14  As ^hfire consumes the forest,

as the flame ⁱsets the mountains ablaze,

15  so may you pursue them ^jwith your tempest

and terrify them with your hurricane!

16  ^kFill their faces with shame,

that they may seek your name, O Lord.

17  Let them be ^lput to shame and dismayed forever;

let them perish in disgrace,

18  that they may ^mknow that you alone,

ⁿwhose name is the Lord,

are ^othe Most High over all the earth.

84  How ^rlovely is your ^sdwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

2  My soul ^tlongs, yes, ^ufaints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to ^vthe living God.

3  Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O Lord of hosts,

^wmy King and my God.

4  ^xBlessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever ^ysinging your praise! Selah

5  Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

^zin whose heart are the highways to Zion.²

6  As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

^athe early rain also covers it with ^bpools.

7  They go ^cfrom strength to strength;

each one ^dappears before God in Zion.

8  O ^eLord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

9  ^fBehold our ^gshield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

10  For a day ^hin your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be ⁱa doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11  For the Lord God is ^ja sun and ^gshield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

^kNo good thing does he withhold

from those who ^lwalk uprightly.

12  O Lord of hosts,

^mblessed is the one who trusts in you!

85  Lord, you were ^ofavorable to your land;

you ^prestored the fortunes of Jacob.

2  You ^qforgave the iniquity of your people;

you ^qcovered all their sin. Selah

3  You withdrew all your wrath;

you ^rturned from your hot anger.

4  ^sRestore us again, O God of our salvation,

and put away your indignation toward us!

5  ^tWill you be angry with us forever?

Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

6  Will you not ^urevive us again,

that your people may ^vrejoice in you?

7  Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,

and grant us your salvation.

8  ^wLet me hear what God the Lord will speak,

for he will ^xspeak peace to his people, to his ^ysaints;

but let them not ^zturn back to ^afolly.

9  Surely his ^bsalvation is near to those who fear him,

that ^cglory may dwell in our land.

10  ^dSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;

^erighteousness and peace kiss each other.

11  Faithfulness springs up from the ground,

and righteousness looks down from the sky.

12  Yes, ^fthe Lord will give what is good,

and our land ^gwill yield its increase.

13  ^hRighteousness will go before him

and make his footsteps a way.