Psalms 80; Psalms 81; Psalms 82; Psalms 83; Psalms 84; Psalms 85

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Psalms 80

1 Open your ears, O Shepherd of Israel, the one who leads [the descendants of] Joseph like sheep, the one who is enthroned over the angels.
2 Appear in front of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Wake up your power, and come to save us.
3 O God, restore us and smile on us so that we may be saved.
4 O LORD God, commander of armies, how long will you smolder in anger against the prayer of your people?
5 You made them eat tears as food. You often made them drink [their own] tears.
6 You made us a source of conflict to our neighbors, and our enemies made fun of us.
7 O God, commander of armies, restore us and smile on us so that we may be saved.
8 You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it.
9 You cleared the ground for it so that it took root and filled the land.
10 Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.
11 It reached out with its branches to the Mediterranean Sea. Its shoots reached the Euphrates River.
12 Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.
13 Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it.
14 O God, commander of armies, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine.
15 Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself.
16 The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face.
17 Let your power rest on the man you have chosen, the son of man you strengthened for yourself.
18 Then we will never turn away from you. Give us life again, and we will call on you.
19 O LORD God, commander of armies, restore us, and smile on us so that we may be saved.
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Psalms 81

1 Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Shout happily to the God of Jacob.
2 Begin a psalm, and strike a tambourine. Play lyres and harps with their pleasant music.
3 Blow the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, on our festival days.
4 This is a law for Israel, a legal decision from the God of Jacob.
5 These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. I heard a message I did not understand:
6 "I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.
7 When you were in trouble, you called out [to me], and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your [loyalty] at the oasis of Meribah. Selah
8 Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!
9 Never keep any strange god among you. Never worship a foreign god.
10 I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 "But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
12 So I let them go their own stubborn ways and follow their own advice.
13 If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me!
14 I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe in front of him, and their time [for punishment] would last forever.
16 But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock."
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Psalms 82

1 God takes his place in his own assembly. He pronounces judgment among the gods:
2 "How long are you going to judge unfairly? How long are you going to side with wicked people?" Selah
3 Defend weak people and orphans. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.
4 Rescue weak and needy people. Help them escape the power of wicked people.
5 Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.
6 I said, "You are gods. You are all sons of the Most High.
7 You will certainly die like humans and fall like any prince."
8 Arise, O God! Judge the earth, because all the nations belong to you.
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Psalms 83

1 O God, do not remain silent. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. Do not keep quiet, O God.
2 Look, your enemies are in an uproar. Those who hate you hold their heads high.
3 They make plans in secret against your people and plot together against those you treasure.
4 They say, "Let's wipe out their nation so that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered."
5 They agree completely on their plan. They form an alliance against you:
6 the tents from Edom and Ishmael, Moab and Hagar,
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined them. They helped the descendants of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 They were destroyed at Endor. They became manure to fertilize the ground.
11 Treat their influential people as you treated Oreb and Zeeb. Treat all their leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna.
12 They said, "Let's take God's pasturelands for ourselves."
13 O my God, blow them away like tumbleweeds, like husks in the wind.
14 Pursue them with your storms, and terrify them with your windstorms
15 the way fire burns a forest and flames set mountains on fire.
16 Let their faces blush with shame, O LORD, so that they must look to you for help.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace
18 so that they must acknowledge you. Your name is the LORD. You alone are the Most High God of the whole earth.
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Psalms 84

1 Your dwelling place is lovely, O LORD of Armies!
2 My soul longs and yearns for the LORD's courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.
3 Even sparrows find a home, and swallows find a nest for themselves. There they hatch their young near your altars, O LORD of Armies, my king and my God.
4 Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those who find strength in you. Their hearts are on the road [that leads to you].
6 As they pass through a valley where balsam trees grow, they make it a place of springs. The early rains cover it with blessings.
7 Their strength grows as they go along until each one of them appears in front of God in Zion.
8 O LORD God, commander of armies, hear my prayer. Open your ears, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Look at our shield, O God. Look with favor on the face of your anointed one.
10 One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand [anywhere else]. I would rather stand in the entrance to my God's house than live inside wicked people's homes.
11 The LORD God is a sun and shield. The LORD grants favor and honor. He does not hold back any blessing from those who live innocently.
12 O LORD of Armies, blessed is the person who trusts you.
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Psalms 85

1 You favored your land, O LORD. You restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You removed your people's guilt. You pardoned all their sins.
3 You laid aside all your fury. You turned away from your burning anger.
4 Restore us, O God, our savior. Put an end to your anger against us.
5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come?
6 Won't you restore our lives again so that your people may find joy in you?
7 Show us your mercy, O LORD, by giving us your salvation.
8 I want to hear what God the LORD says, because he promises peace to his people, to his godly ones. But they must not go back to their stupidity.
9 Indeed, his salvation is near those who fear him, and [his] glory will remain in our land.
10 Mercy and truth have met. Righteousness and peace have kissed.
11 Truth sprouts from the ground, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
12 The LORD will certainly give us what is good, and our land will produce crops.
13 Righteousness will go ahead of him and make a path for his steps.
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