65:1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion; And unto thee shall the vow be performed. 65:2O thou that hearest prayer, Unto thee shall all flesh come. 65:3Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them. 65:4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple. 65:5By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea: 65:6Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might; 65:7Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. 65:8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. 65:10Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. 65:11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness. 65:12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy. 65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing. Psalm 66 For the Chief Musician. A song, a Psalm.
66:1Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth: 66:2Sing forth the glory of his name: Make his praise glorious. 66:3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. 66:4All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee; They shall sing to thy name. Selah 66:5Come, and see the works of God; [He is] terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him. 66:7He ruleth by his might for ever; His eyes observe the nations: Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah 66:8Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard; 66:9Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved. 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 66:11Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins. 66:12Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 66:13I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows, 66:14Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress. 66:15I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah 66:16Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 66:17I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue. 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 66:19But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 66:20Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me. Psalm 67 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a song.
67:1God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah 67:2That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations. 67:3Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee. 67:4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. Selah 67:5Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee. 67:6The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us. 67:7God will bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Psalm 68 For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a song.
68:1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him. 68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 68:3But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness. 68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him. 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land. 68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah 68:8The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 68:10Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. 68:11The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host. 68:12Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil. 68:13When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. 68:14When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [It was as when] it snoweth in Zalmon. 68:15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan. 68:16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever. 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary. 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them]. 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah 68:20God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death. 68:21But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness. 68:22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea; 68:23That thou mayest crush [them], [dipping] thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from [thine] enemies. 68:24They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. 68:25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels. 68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel. 68:27There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah [and] their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. 68:28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Kings shall bring presents unto thee. 68:30Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war. 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God. 68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; Oh sing praises unto the Lord; Selah 68:33To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice. 68:34Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel, And his strength is in the skies. 68:35O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God. Psalm 69 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshanim. [A Psalm] of David.
69:1Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore. 69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee. 69:6Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. 69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. 69:8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother`s children. 69:9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. 69:10When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach. 69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them. 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me; And [I am] the song of the drunkards. 69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation. 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 69:15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily. 69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies. 69:19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee. 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none. 69:21They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 69:22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap. 69:23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake. 69:24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them. 69:25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents. 69:26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded. 69:27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness. 69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous. 69:29But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving. 69:31And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, [Or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 69:32The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live. 69:33For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners. 69:34Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein. 69:35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. 69:36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance.
70:1[Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. 70:2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 70:3Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha. 70:4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 70:5But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying. Psalm 71
71:1In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. 71:2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me. 71:3Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress. 71:4Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 71:5For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth. 71:6By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother`s bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee. 71:7I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge. 71:8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day. 71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. 71:10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together, 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver. 71:12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me. 71:13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. 71:14But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more. 71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof]. 71:16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 71:18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. 71:19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee? 71:20Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 71:21Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me. 71:22I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [Even] thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 71:23My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 71:24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt. Psalm 72 [A Psalm] of Solomon.
72:1Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king`s son. 72:2He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. 72:3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 72:4He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. 72:5They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations. 72:6He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth. 72:7In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth. 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust. 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 72:11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him. 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. 72:13He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. 72:14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight: 72:15And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long. 72:16There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 72:17His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy. 72:18Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things: 72:19And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. 72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. BOOK III Psalm 73 A Psalm of Asaph.
73:1Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart. 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. 73:3For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 73:4For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. 73:5They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men. 73:6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. 73:8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. 73:9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. 73:10Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. 73:11And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? 73:12Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; 73:14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. 73:15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. 73:16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; 73:17Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. 73:18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 73:20As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. 73:21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: 73:22So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee. 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand. 73:24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. 73:25Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee. 73:28But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works. Psalm 74 Maschil of Asaph.
74:1O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 74:3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. 74:4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs. 74:5They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. 74:6And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. 74:7They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground. 74:8They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 74:9We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 74:10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? 74:11Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them]. 74:12Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. 74:13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 74:15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers. 74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 74:17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter. 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name. 74:19Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever. 74:20Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. 74:21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name. 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. 74:23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. Psalm 75 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tash-heth. A Psalm of Asaph; a song.
75:1We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works. 75:2When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly. 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah 75:4I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 75:5Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck. 75:6For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, [cometh] lifting up. 75:7But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another. 75:8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them. 75:9But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 75:10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. Psalm 76 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a song.
76:1In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel. 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion. 76:3There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah 76:4Glorious art thou [and] excellent, From the mountains of prey. 76:5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. 76:6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. 76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 76:8Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still, 76:9When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee. 76:11Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth. Psalm 77 For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthan. A Psalm of Asaph.
77:1I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me. 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 77:3I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 77:5I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times. 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search. 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more? 77:8Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? 77:9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah 77:10And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High. 77:11I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old. 77:12I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings. 77:13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God? 77:14Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples. 77:15Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah 77:16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled. 77:17The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook. 77:19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known. 77:20Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 78 Maschil of Asaph.
78:1Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 78:3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 78:4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done. 78:5For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 78:6That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children, 78:7That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments, 78:8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God. 78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle. 78:10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law; 78:11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them. 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 78:13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap. 78:14In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire. 78:15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. 78:16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers. 78:17Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert. 78:18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire. 78:19Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 78:20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people? 78:21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel; 78:22Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation. 78:23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven; 78:24And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven. 78:25Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full. 78:26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind. 78:27He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas: 78:28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations. 78:29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire. 78:30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths, 78:31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel. 78:32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works. 78:33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror. 78:34When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly. 78:35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer. 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue. 78:37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant. 78:38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath. 78:39And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 78:40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert! 78:41And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel. 78:42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; 78:43How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan, 78:44And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink. 78:45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them. 78:46He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust. 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost. 78:48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 78:49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil. 78:50He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence, 78:51And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham. 78:52But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 78:53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 78:54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten. 78:55He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 78:56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies; 78:57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 78:59When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel; 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men; 78:61And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary`s hand. 78:62He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance. 78:63Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song. 78:64Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation. 78:65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 78:66And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach. 78:67Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim, 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. 78:69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever. 78:70He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds: 78:71From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 78:72So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Psalm 79 A Psalm of Asaph.
79:1O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 79:3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them. 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us. 79:5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 79:6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name. 79:7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation. 79:8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low. 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name`s sake. 79:10Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight. 79:11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death; 79:12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. 79:13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations. Psalm 80 For the Chief Musician, set to Shoshanim Eduth.. A Psalm of Asaph.
80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth. 80:2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. 80:3Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 80:4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 80:5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 80:8Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. 80:9Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. 80:10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God. 80:11It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. 80:12Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? 80:13The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. 80:14Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, 80:15And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 80:17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 80:18So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. 80:19Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.
81:1Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 81:2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. 81:3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day. 81:4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 81:5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not. 81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. 81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah 81:8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! 81:9There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. 81:10I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. 81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. 81:13Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 81:14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. 81:15The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever. 81:16He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph.
82:1God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah 82:3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 82:4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 82:5They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken. 82:6I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High. 82:7Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes. 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations. Psalm 83 A song. A Psalm of Asaph.
83:1O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 83:3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 83:5For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: 83:6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 83:7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: 83:8Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah 83:9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 83:10Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; 83:12Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God. 83:13O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. 83:14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, 83:15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm. 83:16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. 83:17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish; 83:18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 84 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
84:1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God. 84:3Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God. 84:4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah 84:5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion]. 84:6Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. 84:7They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. 84:8O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah 84:9Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed. 84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 84:11For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 84:12O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Psalm 85 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.