Psalms 81; Psalms 82; Psalms 83

1 (80-1) <Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself.> (80-2) Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

2 (80-3) Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

3 (80-4) Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.

4 (80-5) For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.

5 (80-6) He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

6 (80-7) He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.

7 (80-8) Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

8 (80-9) Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,

9 (80-10) there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

10 (80-11) For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 (80-12) But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

12 (80-13) So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

13 (80-14) If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:

14 (80-15) I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

15 (80-16) The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

16 (80-17) And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.

1 (81-1) <A psalm for Asaph.> God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

2 (81-2) How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

3 (81-3) Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

4 (81-4) Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.

5 (81-5) They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

6 (81-6) I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

7 (81-7) But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

8 (81-8) Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

1 (82-1) <A canticle of a psalm for Asaph.> (82-2) O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.

2 (82-3) For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 (82-4) They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.

4 (82-5) They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.

5 (82-6) For they have contrived with one consent: they have made a covenant together against thee,

6 (82-7) The tabernacle of the Edomites, and the Ishmahelites: Moab, and the Agarens,

7 (82-8) Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

8 (82-9) Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

9 (82-10) Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.

10 (82-11) Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth.

11 (82-12) Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,

12 (82-13) Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

13 (82-14) O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.

14 (82-15) As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains:

15 (82-16) So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.

16 (82-17) Fill their faces with shame; and they shall seek thy name, O Lord.

17 (82-18) Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them be confounded and perish.

18 (82-19) And let them know that the Lord is thy name: thou alone art the most High over all the earth.