Day 18 of 30

Ps 83:1–88:18

83:1 God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent, and do not be still, God.

83:2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

83:3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

83:4 "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

83:5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

83:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

83:7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

83:8 Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

83:10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

83:12 who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."

83:13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

83:14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

83:15 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

83:16 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Lord.

83:17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

83:18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.

84:1 How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of hosts!

84:2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

84:3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

84:4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

84:6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

84:7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

84:8 Lord, God of Hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

84:9 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

84:10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and a shield. The Lord will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

84:12 Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

85:1 Lord, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

85:2 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

85:3 You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

85:4 Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

85:5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

85:6 Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

85:7 Show us your loving kindness, Lord. Grant us your salvation.

85:8 I will hear what God, the Lord, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his holy ones; but let them not turn again to folly.

85:9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

85:10 Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

85:11 Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

85:12 Yes, the Lord will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

85:13 Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

86:1 Hear, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

86:3 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

86:4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

86:6 Hear, Lord, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

86:8 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

86:9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

86:10 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

86:11 Teach me your way, Lord. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

86:12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

86:13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

86:14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for you before them.

86:15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

86:16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

86:17 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Lord, have helped me, and comforted me.

87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

87:2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

87:3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.

87:4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."

87:5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.

87:6 The Lord will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.

87:7 Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you."

88:1 Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

88:2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

88:3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

88:4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

88:5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

88:6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

88:7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

88:8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

88:9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Lord. I have spread out my hands to you.

88:10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

88:11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

88:12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

88:13 But to you, Lord, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

88:14 Lord, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

88:16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

88:17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

88:18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.