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Psalm 78-82
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 78-82
New American Standard Bible
God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.
A [a]Maskil of Asaph.
78 (A)Listen, my people, to my [b]instruction;
(B)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will (C)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell (D)riddles of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And (E)our fathers have told us.
4 We will (F)not conceal them from their children,
But we will (G)tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His power and His (H)wondrous works that He has done.
5 For He established a (I)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a (J)law in Israel,
Which He (K)commanded our fathers
That they were to [c](L)teach them to their children,
6 (M)So that the generation to come would know, (N)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and (O)tell them to their children,
7 So that they would put their confidence in God
And (P)not forget the works of God,
But (Q)comply with His commandments,
8 And (R)not be like their fathers,
A (S)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that (T)did not [d]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not (U)faithful to God.
9 The sons of Ephraim [e]were (V)archers equipped with bows,
Yet (W)they turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (X)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to (Y)walk in His Law;
11 They (Z)forgot His deeds
And His [f]miracles that He had shown them.
12 (AA)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the (AB)field of Zoan.
13 He (AC)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand (AD)up like a heap.
14 Then He led them with the cloud by (AE)day
And all the night with a (AF)light of fire.
15 He (AG)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
16 He (AH)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.
17 Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To (AI)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And in their heart they (AJ)put God to the test
By asking for (AK)food [g]that suited their taste.
19 Then they spoke against God;
They said, “(AL)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, He (AM)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare (AN)meat for His people?”
21 Therefore the Lord heard and [h]was (AO)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,
22 Because they (AP)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He commanded the clouds above
And (AQ)opened the doors of heaven;
24 He (AR)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them [i](AS)food from heaven.
25 Man ate the bread of [j]angels;
He sent them [k]food [l](AT)in abundance.
26 He (AU)made the east wind blow in the sky
And by His [m]power He directed the south wind.
27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even (AV)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
28 He let them fall in the midst of [n]their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 So they (AW)ate and were well filled,
And He [o]satisfied their longing.
30 [p]Yet before they had abandoned their longing,
(AX)While their food was in their mouths,
31 The (AY)anger of God rose against them
And killed [q]some of their (AZ)strongest ones,
And [r]subdued the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this they (BA)still sinned
And (BB)did not believe in His wonderful works.
33 So He brought (BC)their days to an end in futility,
And their years to an end in sudden terror.
34 When He killed them, then they (BD)sought Him,
And they returned and searched (BE)diligently for God;
35 And they remembered that God was their (BF)rock,
And the Most High God their (BG)Redeemer.
36 But they (BH)flattered Him with their mouth
And (BI)lied to Him with their tongue.
37 For their heart was not (BJ)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
38 But He, being (BK)compassionate, [s](BL)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He [t](BM)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
39 So (BN)He remembered that they were only (BO)flesh,
A [u](BP)wind that passes and does not return.
40 How often they (BQ)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And (BR)grieved Him in the (BS)desert!
41 Again and again they [v](BT)tempted God,
And pained the (BU)Holy One of Israel.
42 They (BV)did not remember (BW)His [w]power,
The day when He (BX)redeemed them from the enemy,
43 When He performed His (BY)signs in Egypt
And His (BZ)marvels in the field of Zoan,
44 And (CA)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent swarms of (CB)flies among them that devoured them,
And (CC)frogs that destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the (CD)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the (CE)locust.
47 He [x]destroyed their vines with (CF)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also turned their (CG)cattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
49 He (CH)sent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of [y]destroying angels.
50 He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But (CI)turned their lives over to the plague,
51 And (CJ)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The (CK)first and best of their vigor in the tents of (CL)Ham.
52 But He (CM)led His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness (CN)like a flock;
53 He led them (CO)safely, so that they did not fear;
But (CP)the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 So (CQ)He brought them to His holy [z]land,
To this [aa](CR)hill country (CS)which His right hand had gained.
55 He also (CT)drove out the nations from them
And (CU)apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they [ab](CV)tempted and (CW)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and (CX)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They (CY)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they (CZ)provoked Him with their (DA)high places
And (DB)moved Him to jealousy with their (DC)carved images.
59 When God heard them, He [ac]was filled with (DD)wrath
And He utterly (DE)rejected Israel;
60 So that He (DF)abandoned the (DG)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent [ad]which He had pitched among people,
61 And He gave up His (DH)strength to captivity
And His glory (DI)into the hand of the enemy.
62 He also (DJ)turned His people over to the sword,
And [ae]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
63 (DK)Fire devoured [af]His young men,
And [ag]His (DL)virgins had no wedding songs.
64 [ah]His (DM)priests fell by the sword,
And [ai]His (DN)widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord (DO)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a (DP)warrior [aj]overcome by wine.
66 He [ak](DQ)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
67 He also (DR)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount (DS)Zion, which He loved.
69 And He (DT)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 He also (DU)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From [al](DV)the care of the [am]ewes (DW)with nursing lambs He brought him
To (DX)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel (DY)His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (DZ)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.
Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.
A Psalm of Asaph.
79 God, the (EA)nations have [an]invaded (EB)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (EC)holy temple;
They have (ED)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the (EE)dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;
And there was (EF)no one to bury them.
4 We have become a (EG)disgrace before our neighbors,
An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
5 (EH)How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (EI)jealousy (EJ)burn like fire?
6 (EK)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which (EL)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which (EM)do not call upon Your name.
7 For they have (EN)devoured Jacob
And (EO)laid waste his [ao]settlement.
8 (EP)Do not [ap]hold us responsible for [aq]the guilty deeds of our forefathers;
Let Your compassion come quickly to (EQ)meet us,
For we have (ER)become very low.
9 (ES)Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of (ET)Your name;
And save us and [ar](EU)forgive our sins (EV)for the sake of Your name.
10 (EW)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let (EX)vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed
Be known among the nations in our sight.
11 Let (EY)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your [as]power, let [at]those who are (EZ)doomed to die remain.
12 And return to our neighbors (FA)seven times as much (FB)into their lap
Their (FC)taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
13 So we Your people and the (FD)sheep of Your [au]pasture
Will (FE)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will (FF)tell of Your praise.
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
For the music director; set to [av]El Shoshannim; [aw]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
80 Listen, (FG)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads (FH)Joseph like a flock;
You who (FI)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (FJ)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, (FK)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
3 God, (FL)restore us
And (FM)make Your face shine upon us, [ax]and we will be saved.
4 (FN)Lord God of armies,
(FO)How long will You [ay]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (FP)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in [az]large measure.
6 You make us [ba]an object of contention (FQ)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, [bb]and we will be saved.
8 You removed a (FR)vine from Egypt;
You (FS)drove out the [bc]nations and (FT)planted it.
9 You (FU)cleared the ground before it,
And it (FV)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And [bd]the cedars of God with its (FW)branches.
11 It was sending out its branches (FX)to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Why have You (FY)broken down its [be]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (FZ)eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 God of armies, do (GA)turn back;
(GB)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 The [bf](GC)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the [bg]son whom You have [bh]strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (GD)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the (GE)rebuke of Your face.
17 Let (GF)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (GG)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not (GH)turn back from You;
(GI)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 Lord God of armies, (GJ)restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, [bi]and we will be saved.
God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.
For the music director; [bj]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
81 (GK)Sing for joy to God our (GL)strength;
Shout (GM)joyfully to the (GN)God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song, strike (GO)the tambourine,
The sweet sounding (GP)lyre with the (GQ)harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the (GR)new moon,
At the full moon, on our (GS)feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it as a testimony in Joseph
When he [bk](GT)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a (GU)language I did not know:
6 “I [bl](GV)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the [bm]basket.
7 You (GW)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I (GX)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I put you to the test at the (GY)waters of Meribah. Selah
8 (GZ)Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you (HA)would listen to Me!
9 There shall be no (HB)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship a foreign god.
10 (HC)I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
(HD)Open your mouth wide and I will (HE)fill it.
11 “But My people (HF)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [bn]obey Me.
12 So I (HG)gave [bo]them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk by their own plans.
13 Oh that My people (HH)would listen to Me,
That Israel would (HI)walk in My ways!
14 I would quickly (HJ)subdue their enemies
And (HK)turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 (HL)Those who hate the Lord would (HM)pretend to obey Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
16 [bp]But I would feed you with the [bq](HN)finest of the wheat,
And with (HO)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Unjust Judgments Rebuked.
A Psalm of Asaph.
82 God takes His (HP)position in [br]His assembly;
He (HQ)judges in the midst of the (HR)gods.
2 How long will you (HS)judge unjustly
And (HT)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 (HU)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 (HV)Rescue the weak and needy;
Save them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They (HW)do not know nor do they understand;
They (HX)walk around in darkness;
All the (HY)foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 [bs]I (HZ)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are (IA)sons of the Most High.
7 Nevertheless (IB)you will die like men,
And fall like (IC)one of the princes.”
8 (ID)Arise, God, (IE)judge the earth!
For You (IF)possess all the nations.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78 Title Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 78:1 Or law, teaching
- Psalm 78:5 Lit make them known
- Psalm 78:8 Or put right
- Psalm 78:9 Or being
- Psalm 78:11 Or wonderful works
- Psalm 78:18 Lit to their soul
- Psalm 78:21 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:24 Lit grain
- Psalm 78:25 Lit mighty ones
- Psalm 78:25 Or provision
- Psalm 78:25 Lit to satiation
- Psalm 78:26 Or strength
- Psalm 78:28 Lit His
- Psalm 78:29 Lit brought to them their
- Psalm 78:30 Lit They did not turn away from their
- Psalm 78:31 Lit among their fat ones
- Psalm 78:31 Lit caused to bow down
- Psalm 78:38 Lit covered over, atoned for
- Psalm 78:38 Lit turned away
- Psalm 78:39 Or breath
- Psalm 78:41 Or put God to the test
- Psalm 78:42 Lit hand
- Psalm 78:47 Lit was killing
- Psalm 78:49 Lit angels of evil ones; another reading is evil angels
- Psalm 78:54 Lit border, territory
- Psalm 78:54 Or mountain
- Psalm 78:56 Or put to the test
- Psalm 78:59 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:60 Some ancient versions where He dwelt
- Psalm 78:62 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:63 Or their
- Psalm 78:63 Or their
- Psalm 78:64 Or their
- Psalm 78:64 Or their
- Psalm 78:65 Or sobered up from
- Psalm 78:66 Lit struck
- Psalm 78:71 Lit following
- Psalm 78:71 Lit ewes that wet-nurse, He
- Psalm 79:1 Lit come into
- Psalm 79:7 Lit pasture
- Psalm 79:8 Lit remember against us
- Psalm 79:8 Or our former sins
- Psalm 79:9 Lit cover over, atone for
- Psalm 79:11 Lit arm
- Psalm 79:11 Lit the sons of death
- Psalm 79:13 Or pasturing
- Psalm 80 Title Possibly, to the Lilies
- Psalm 80 Title Lit A testimony
- Psalm 80:3 Or that we may
- Psalm 80:4 Lit smoke against
- Psalm 80:5 Lit a third part of a
- Psalm 80:6 Lit strife to
- Psalm 80:7 Or that we may
- Psalm 80:8 Or Gentiles
- Psalm 80:10 Or its boughs are like the cedars of God
- Psalm 80:12 Or walls, fences
- Psalm 80:15 Or root
- Psalm 80:15 Or figuratively: branch
- Psalm 80:15 Or secured
- Psalm 80:19 Or that we may
- Psalm 81 Title Or according to
- Psalm 81:5 Lit went out over
- Psalm 81:6 Lit removed his shoulder from
- Psalm 81:6 Or brick load
- Psalm 81:11 Lit yield to
- Psalm 81:12 Lit him
- Psalm 81:16 Lit He would feed him
- Psalm 81:16 Lit fat
- Psalm 82:1 Lit the assembly of God
- Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part
Psalm 78-82
New International Version
Psalm 78-82
New International Version
Psalm 78
A maskil[a] of Asaph.
1 My people, hear my teaching;(A)
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(B)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.(C)
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;(D)
we will tell the next generation(E)
the praiseworthy deeds(F) of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders(G) he has done.
5 He decreed statutes(H) for Jacob(I)
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,(J)
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget(K) his deeds
but would keep his commands.(L)
8 They would not be like their ancestors(M)—
a stubborn(N) and rebellious(O) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(P)
turned back on the day of battle;(Q)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(R)
and refused to live by his law.(S)
11 They forgot what he had done,(T)
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(U) in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt,(V) in the region of Zoan.(W)
13 He divided the sea(X) and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.(Y)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.(Z)
15 He split the rocks(AA) in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin(AB) against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(AC)
by demanding the food they craved.(AD)
19 They spoke against God;(AE)
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,(AF)
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat(AG) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out(AH) against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust(AI) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;(AJ)
24 he rained down manna(AK) for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(AL) from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds(AM) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(AN)
he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,(AO)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest(AP) among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(AQ)
in spite of his wonders,(AR) they did not believe.(AS)
33 So he ended their days in futility(AT)
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(AU) him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(AV)
that God Most High was their Redeemer.(AW)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(AX)
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(AY) to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(AZ)
he forgave(BA) their iniquities(BB)
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(BC)
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(BD)
a passing breeze(BE) that does not return.
40 How often they rebelled(BF) against him in the wilderness(BG)
and grieved him(BH) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(BI)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(BJ)
42 They did not remember(BK) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(BL)
43 the day he displayed his signs(BM) in Egypt,
his wonders(BN) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(BO)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(BP) that devoured them,
and frogs(BQ) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(BR)
their produce to the locust.(BS)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(BT)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(BU) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(BV)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(BW)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(BX)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(BY)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(BZ)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(CA) their enemies.(CB)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(CC) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(CD) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(CE)
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(CF) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(CG)
58 They angered him(CH) with their high places;(CI)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(CJ)
59 When God heard(CK) them, he was furious;(CL)
he rejected Israel(CM) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(CN)
the tent he had set up among humans.(CO)
61 He sent the ark of his might(CP) into captivity,(CQ)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(CR)
he was furious with his inheritance.(CS)
63 Fire consumed(CT) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(CU)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(CV)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(CW)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(CX)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(CY)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(CZ)
Mount Zion,(DA) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(DB) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(DC) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(DD) he brought him
to be the shepherd(DE) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(DF)
with skillful hands he led them.
Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(DG)
they have defiled(DH) your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(DI)
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,(DJ)
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(DK)
3 They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury(DL) the dead.(DM)
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn(DN) and derision to those around us.(DO)
5 How long,(DP) Lord? Will you be angry(DQ) forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(DR)
6 Pour out your wrath(DS) on the nations
that do not acknowledge(DT) you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;(DU)
7 for they have devoured(DV) Jacob
and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(DW)
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.(DX)
9 Help us,(DY) God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.(DZ)
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”(EA)
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge(EB) the outpoured blood(EC) of your servants.
11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12 Pay back into the laps(ED) of our neighbors seven times(EE)
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(EF)
will praise you forever;(EG)
from generation to generation
we will proclaim your praise.
Psalm 80[b]
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.(EH)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(EI)
shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.(EJ)
Awaken(EK) your might;
come and save us.(EL)
4 How long,(EP) Lord God Almighty,
will your anger smolder(EQ)
against the prayers of your people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;(ER)
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(ES)
6 You have made us an object of derision[c] to our neighbors,
and our enemies mock us.(ET)
7 Restore us, God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.(EU)
8 You transplanted a vine(EV) from Egypt;
you drove out(EW) the nations and planted(EX) it.
9 You cleared the ground for it,
and it took root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,[d]
its shoots as far as the River.[e](EY)
12 Why have you broken down its walls(EZ)
so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 Boars from the forest ravage(FA) it,
and insects from the fields feed on it.
14 Return to us, God Almighty!
Look down from heaven and see!(FB)
Watch over this vine,
15 the root your right hand has planted,
the son[f] you have raised up for yourself.
16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(FC)
at your rebuke(FD) your people perish.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
the son of man(FE) you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive(FF) us, and we will call on your name.
19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
Psalm 81[g]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[h] Of Asaph.
1 Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout aloud to the God of Jacob!(FG)
2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,(FH)
play the melodious harp(FI) and lyre.(FJ)
3 Sound the ram’s horn(FK) at the New Moon,(FL)
and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
4 this is a decree for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.(FM)
5 When God went out against Egypt,(FN)
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
I heard an unknown voice say:(FO)
6 “I removed the burden(FP) from their shoulders;(FQ)
their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called(FR) and I rescued you,
I answered(FS) you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[i](FT)
8 Hear me, my people,(FU) and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god(FV) among you;
you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.(FW)
Open(FX) wide your mouth and I will fill(FY) it.
11 “But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.(FZ)
12 So I gave them over(GA) to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13 “If my people would only listen to me,(GB)
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue(GC) their enemies
and turn my hand against(GD) their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe(GE) before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;(GF)
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Psalm 82
A psalm of Asaph.
2 “How long will you[j] defend the unjust
and show partiality(GI) to the wicked?[k](GJ)
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;(GK)
uphold the cause of the poor(GL) and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(GM)
They walk about in darkness;(GN)
all the foundations(GO) of the earth are shaken.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.
- Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention
- Psalm 80:11 Probably the Mediterranean
- Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates
- Psalm 80:15 Or branch
- Psalm 81:1 In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.
- Psalm 81:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 81:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
- Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
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