Psa 81:1 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! Psa 81:2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. Psa 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. Psa 81:4 For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob. Psa 81:5 He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: Psa 81:6 "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. Psa 81:7 In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah Psa 81:8 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! Psa 81:9 There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. Psa 81:10 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. Psa 81:11 "But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. Psa 81:12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. Psa 81:13 Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! Psa 81:14 I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. Psa 81:15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. Psa 81:16 But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." Psa 82:1 A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: Psa 82:2 "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Psa 82:3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Psa 82:4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." Psa 82:5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. Psa 82:6 I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; Psa 82:7 nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince." Psa 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations! Psa 83:1 A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! Psa 83:2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. Psa 83:3 They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. Psa 83:4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" Psa 83:5 For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant-- Psa 83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Psa 83:7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Psa 83:8 Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah Psa 83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, Psa 83:10 who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground. Psa 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, Psa 83:12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God." Psa 83:13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind. Psa 83:14 As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, Psa 83:15 so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane! Psa 83:16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. Psa 83:17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, Psa 83:18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:14:47 +0000