Psalms 84; Psalms 85; Psalms 86

1 (83-1) <Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.> (83-2) How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

2 (83-3) my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

3 (83-4) For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

4 (83-5) Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

5 (83-6) Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

6 (83-7) In the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.

7 (83-8) For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

8 (83-9) O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

9 (83-10) Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

10 (83-11) For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

11 (83-12) For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

12 (83-13) He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

1 (84-1) <Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm.> (84-2) Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

2 (84-3) Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered all their sins.

3 (84-4) Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou hast turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.

4 (84-5) Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us.

5 (84-6) Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

6 (84-7) Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

7 (84-8) Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation.

8 (84-9) I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.

9 (84-10) Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him:that glory may dwell in our land.

10 (84-11) Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

11 (84-12) Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.

12 (84-13) For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

13 (84-14) Justice shall walk before him: and ,shall set his steps in the way.

1 (85-1) <A prayer for David himself.> Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

2 (85-2) Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

3 (85-3) Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

4 (85-4) Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

5 (85-5) For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

6 (85-6) Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

7 (85-7) I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

8 (85-8) There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

9 (85-9) All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

10 (85-10) For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

11 (85-11) Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

12 (85-12) I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

13 (85-13) For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

14 (85-14) O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

15 (85-15) And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

16 (85-16) O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 (85-17) Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.