Psalm 60-87

New American Standard Bible

Grieving over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

For the music director; according to ^[a]Shushan Eduth. A ^[b]Mikhtam of David, to teach; ^[c]when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

60 God, ^(A)You have rejected us. You have ^[d]^(B)broken us;
You have been ^(C)angry; ^(D)restore us!
²You have made the ^[e]^(E)land quake, You have split it open;
^(F)Heal its cracks, for it sways.
³You have ^[f]^(G)made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us ^[g]wine to ^(H)drink that makes us stagger.
⁴You have given a ^(I)banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
⁵^(J)That Your ^(K)beloved may be rescued,
^(L)Save us with Your right hand, and answer ^[h]us!

⁶God has spoken in His ^[i]^(M)holiness:
“I will triumph, I will divide up ^(N)Shechem, and measure out the Valley of ^(O)Succoth.
⁷^(P)Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
^(Q)Ephraim also is the ^[j]helmet of My head;
Judah is My ^(R)scepter.
⁸^(S)Moab is My washbowl;
I will throw My sandal over ^(T)Edom;
Shout loud, ^(U)Philistia, because of Me!”

⁹Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who ^[k]will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰Have You Yourself not ^(V)rejected us, God?
And ^(W)will You not go out with our armies, God?
¹¹Oh give us help against the enemy,
For ^(X)rescue ^[l]by man is worthless.
¹²^[m]Through God we will ^(Y)do valiantly,
And it is He who will ^(Z)trample down our enemies.

Confidence in God’s Protection.

For the music director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.

61 ^(AA)Hear my cry, God;
^(AB)Give Your attention to my prayer.
²From the ^(AC)end of the earth I call to You when my heart is ^(AD)faint;
Lead me to ^(AE)the rock that is higher than I.
³For You have been a ^(AF)refuge for me,
A ^(AG)tower of strength against the enemy.
⁴Let me ^[n]^(AH)dwell in Your tent forever;
Let me ^(AI)take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

⁵For You have heard my ^(AJ)vows, God;
You have given me the inheritance of those who ^(AK)fear Your name.
⁶You will ^[o]^(AL)prolong the king’s ^[p]life;
His years will be like generations.
⁷He will ^[q]sit enthroned ^(AM)before God forever;
Appoint ^(AN)faithfulness and truth that they may watch over him.
⁸So I will ^(AO)sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may ^(AP)pay my vows day by day.

God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression.

For the music director; ^[r]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

62 ^(AQ)My soul waits in silence for God alone;
From Him ^(AR)comes my salvation.
²He alone is my ^(AS)rock and my salvation,
My ^(AT)stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken.

³How long will you attack a man,
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a ^(AU)leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
⁴They have planned only to thrust him down from his high position;
They ^(AV)delight in falsehood;
They ^(AW)bless with ^[s]their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah

⁵My soul, ^(AX)wait in silence for God alone,
For my hope is from Him.
⁶He alone is ^(AY)my rock and my salvation,
My refuge; I will not be shaken.
⁷My ^(AZ)salvation and my glory rest on God;
The rock of my strength, my ^(BA)refuge is in God.
⁸^(BB)Trust in Him at all times, you people;
^(BC)Pour out your hearts before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah

⁹People of ^(BD)low standing are only ^(BE)breath, and people of rank are a ^(BF)lie;
In the ^(BG)balances they go up.
Together they are lighter than breath.
¹⁰^(BH)Do not trust in oppression,
And do not vainly rely on ^(BI)robbery;
If wealth increases, ^(BJ)do not set your heart on it.

¹¹God has ^(BK)spoken ^[t]once;
^[u]Twice I have heard this:
That ^(BL)power belongs to God;
¹²And faithfulness ^(BM)is Yours, Lord,
For You ^(BN)reward a person according to his work.

The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.

A Psalm of David, ^[v]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 God, ^(BO)You are my God; I shall be watching for You;
My soul ^(BP)thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a ^(BQ)dry and exhausted land where there is no water.
²So have I ^(BR)seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and glory.
³Because Your ^[w]^(BS)favor is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
⁴So I will bless You ^(BT)as long as I live;
I will ^(BU)lift up my hands in Your name.
⁵My soul is ^(BV)satisfied as with fat and fatness,
And my mouth offers ^(BW)praises with joyful lips.

⁶When I remember You ^(BX)on my bed,
I meditate on You in the ^(BY)night watches,
⁷For ^(BZ)You have been my help,
And in the ^(CA)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
⁸My soul ^(CB)clings ^[x]to You;
Your ^(CC)right hand takes hold of me.

⁹But those who ^(CD)seek my ^[y]life to destroy it,
Will go into the ^[z]^(CE)depths of the earth.
¹⁰^[aa]They will be ^[ab]^(CF)turned over to the power of the sword;
They will be a ^[ac]^(CG)prey for foxes.
¹¹But the ^(CH)king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who ^(CI)swears by Him will boast,
For the ^(CJ)mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

64 Hear my voice, God, in ^(CK)my ^[ad]complaint;
^(CL)Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
²Hide me from the ^(CM)secret discussion of evildoers,
From the restlessness of ^(CN)the workers of injustice,
³Who ^(CO)have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They ^(CP)aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
⁴To ^(CQ)shoot ^[ae]from concealment at the innocent;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and ^(CR)do not fear.
⁵They make firm for themselves an evil ^[af]purpose;
They ^[ag]talk of ^(CS)setting snares secretly;
They say, “^(CT)Who can see them?”
⁶They ^[ah]devise injustices, saying,
“We are ^[ai]ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the ^[aj]^(CU)inward thought and the heart of a person are ^[ak]deep.

⁷But ^(CV)God ^[al]will shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly ^[am]they will be wounded.
⁸So ^[an]they ^[ao]will ^(CW)make him stumble;
^(CX)Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will ^(CY)shake their heads.
⁹Then all people ^[ap]will ^(CZ)fear,
And they ^[aq]will ^(DA)declare the work of God,
And ^[ar]will consider ^[as]what He has done.
¹⁰The righteous person will be ^(DB)glad in the Lord and ^(DC)take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.

God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Mankind.

For the music director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

65 There will be silence ^[at]before You, and praise in Zion, God,
And the ^(DD)vow will be fulfilled for You.
²You who hear prayer,
To You ^(DE)all ^[au]mankind comes.
³^[av]^(DF)Wrongdoings prevail against me;
As for our offenses, You ^[aw]^(DG)forgive them.
⁴^(DH)Blessed is the one You ^(DI)choose and allow to approach You;
He will dwell in Your courtyards.
We will be ^(DJ)satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

⁵By ^(DK)awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, ^(DL)God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ^(DM)ends of the earth and the farthest ^[ax]^(DN)sea;
⁶Who ^(DO)establishes the mountains by His strength,
Who is ^(DP)encircled with might;
⁷Who ^(DQ)stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the ^(DR)turmoil of the nations.
⁸They who dwell at the ^(DS)ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the ^[ay]sunrise and the sunset shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and ^(DT)cause it to overflow;
You greatly ^(DU)enrich it;
The ^[az]^(DV)stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their ^(DW)grain, for so You prepare ^[ba]the earth.
¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly,
You ^[bb]settle its ridges,
You soften it ^(DX)with showers,
You bless its growth.
¹¹You have crowned the year ^[bc]with Your ^(DY)goodness,
And Your ^[bd]paths ^(DZ)drip with fatness.
¹²^(EA)The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the ^(EB)hills encircle themselves with rejoicing.
¹³The meadows are ^(EC)clothed with flocks
And the valleys are ^(ED)covered with grain;
They ^(EE)shout for joy, yes, they sing.

Praise for God’s Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer.

For the music director. A Song. A Psalm.

66 ^(EF)Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;
²Sing the ^(EG)glory of His name;
Make His ^(EH)praise glorious.
³Say to God, “How ^(EI)awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will ^(EJ)pretend to obey You.
⁴^(EK)All the earth will worship You,
And will ^(EL)sing praises to You;
They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah

⁵^(EM)Come and see the works of God,
Who is ^(EN)awesome in His deeds toward the sons of mankind.
⁶He ^(EO)turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through ^(EP)the river on foot;
Let’s ^(EQ)rejoice there, in Him!
⁷He ^(ER)rules by His might forever;
His ^(ES)eyes keep watch on the nations;
The rebellious shall not ^(ET)exalt themselves! Selah

⁸Bless our God, you peoples,
And ^[be]^(EU)sound His praise abroad,
⁹Who ^[bf]^(EV)keeps us in life,
And ^(EW)does not allow our feet to ^[bg]slip.
¹⁰For You have ^(EX)put us to the test, God;
You have ^(EY)refined us as silver is refined.
¹¹You ^(EZ)brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon ^[bh]us.
¹²You made men ^(FA)ride over our heads;
We went through ^(FB)fire and through water.
Yet You ^(FC)brought us out into a place of abundance.
¹³I shall ^(FD)come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall ^(FE)pay You my vows,
¹⁴Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke when I was ^(FF)in distress.
¹⁵I shall ^(FG)offer to You burnt offerings of fat animals,
With the smoke of ^(FH)rams;
I shall make an offering of ^[bi]bulls with male goats. Selah

¹⁶^(FI)Come and hear, all who ^[bj]fear God,
And I will ^(FJ)tell of what He has done for my soul.
¹⁷I cried to Him with my mouth,
And ^[bk]He was ^(FK)exalted with my tongue.
¹⁸If I ^[bl]^(FL)regard wickedness in my heart,
The ^(FM)Lord will not hear;
¹⁹But ^(FN)God has heard;
He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.
²⁰^(FO)Blessed be God,
Who ^(FP)has not turned away my prayer
Nor His favor from me.

The Nations Exhorted to Praise God.

For the music director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

67 God be gracious to us and ^(FQ)bless us,
And ^(FR)cause His face to shine ^[bm]upon us— Selah
²That ^(FS)Your way may be known on the earth,
^(FT)Your salvation among all nations.
³May the ^(FU)peoples praise You, God;
May all the peoples praise You.
⁴May the ^(FV)nations be glad and sing for joy;
For You will ^(FW)judge the peoples with fairness
And ^(FX)guide the nations on the earth. Selah
⁵May the ^(FY)peoples praise You, God;
May all the peoples praise You.
⁶The ^(FZ)earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, ^(GA)blesses us.
⁷God blesses us,
^[bn]So that ^(GB)all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

The God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary.

For the music director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 ^[bo]May ^(GC)God arise, ^[bp]may His enemies be scattered,
And ^[bq]may those who hate Him flee from His presence.
²As ^(GD)smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As ^(GE)wax melts before a fire,
So the ^(GF)wicked will perish before God.
³But the ^(GG)righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God;
Yes, they will rejoice with gladness.
⁴Sing to God, ^(GH)sing praises to His name;
^[br]^(GI)Exalt Him who ^(GJ)rides through the deserts,
Whose ^(GK)name is ^[bs]the Lord, and be jubilant before Him.

⁵A ^(GL)father of the fatherless and a ^(GM)judge ^[bt]for the widows,
Is God in His ^(GN)holy dwelling.
⁶God ^[bu]^(GO)makes a home for the lonely;
He ^(GP)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only ^(GQ)the rebellious live in parched lands.

⁷God, when You ^(GR)went forth before Your people,
When You ^(GS)marched through the desert, Selah
⁸The ^(GT)earth quaked;
The ^(GU)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
^[bv]^(GV)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹You ^(GW)made plentiful rain fall, God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[bw]parched.
¹⁰Your creatures settled in it;
In Your kindness You ^(GX)provided for the poor, God.

¹¹The Lord gives the ^[bx]command;
The ^(GY)women who proclaim good news are a great army:
¹²“^(GZ)Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will ^(HA)divide the spoils!”
¹³^[by]When you lie down ^(HB)among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with ^[bz]glistening gold.
¹⁴When the Almighty ^(HC)scattered the kings ^[ca]there,
It was snowing in ^(HD)Zalmon.

¹⁵^(HE)The mountain of Bashan is a ^[cb]mountain of God;
The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.
¹⁶Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks,
At the mountain God has ^(HF)desired as His dwelling?
Indeed, ^(HG)the Lord will dwell there forever.
¹⁷The ^(HH)chariots of God are ^[cc]myriads, ^(HI)thousands upon thousands;
^[cd]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁸You have ^(HJ)ascended on high, You have ^(HK)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among people,
Even among the rebellious as well, that ^[ce]the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(HL)bears our burden,
^(HM)The God who is our salvation. Selah
²⁰God is to us a ^(HN)God of salvation;
And ^(HO)to ^[cf]God the Lord belong ways of escape ^[cg]from death.
²¹God certainly will ^(HP)shatter the heads of His enemies,
The hairy ^[ch]head of one who goes about in his guilt.
²²The Lord ^[ci]said, “^(HQ)I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
²³So that ^[cj]^(HR)your foot may shatter them in blood,
And the tongue of your ^(HS)dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen ^(HT)Your procession, God,
The procession of my God, my King, ^[ck]^(HU)into the sanctuary.
²⁵The ^(HV)singers went on, the musicians after them,
^[cl]In the midst of the ^(HW)young women beating tambourines.
²⁶^(HX)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the ^(HY)fountain of Israel.
²⁷^(HZ)Benjamin, the ^[cm]youngest, is there, ^[cn]ruling them,
The leaders of Judah in their company,
The leaders of ^(IA)Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

²⁸^[co]Your God has ^(IB)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, God, You ^(IC)who acted ^[cp]in our behalf.
²⁹^[cq]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
^(ID)Kings will bring gifts to You.
³⁰Rebuke the ^(IE)animals ^[cr]in the reeds,
The herd of ^(IF)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling the pieces of silver;
He has ^(IG)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
³¹^[cs]Messengers will come from ^(IH)Egypt;
^[ct]^(II)Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, you ^(IJ)kingdoms of the earth,
^(IK)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah
³³To Him who ^(IL)rides upon the ^[cu]^(IM)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, ^(IN)He ^[cv]speaks with His voice, a ^(IO)mighty voice.
³⁴^(IP)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel,
And ^(IQ)His strength is in the ^[cw]skies.
³⁵^[cx]God, You are ^(IR)awesome from Your ^[cy]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself ^(IS)gives strength and power to the people.
^(IT)Blessed be God!

A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.

For the music director; according to ^[cz]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, God,
For the ^(IU)waters have ^[da]threatened my life.
²I have sunk in deep ^(IV)mud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^[db]^(IW)flood overflows me.
³I am ^(IX)weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My ^(IY)eyes fail while I wait for my God.
⁴Those ^(IZ)who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would ^[dc]destroy me ^(JA)are powerful, those who oppose me with lies;
^(JB)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵God, You know ^(JC)my foolishness,
And ^(JD)my guilt is not hidden from You.
⁶May those who wait for You not ^(JE)be ashamed because of me, Lord ^[dd]God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
⁷Because ^(JF)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
^(JG)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸I have become ^(JH)estranged ^[de]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
⁹For ^(JI)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(JJ)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
¹⁰When I wept ^(JK)in my soul with fasting,
It became my ^(JL)disgrace.
¹¹When I made ^(JM)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(JN)a proverb to them.
¹²Those who ^(JO)sit in the gate talk about me,
And ^(JP)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, ^(JQ)at an acceptable time;
God, in the ^(JR)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with ^[df]Your saving truth.
¹⁴Rescue me from the ^(JS)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(JT)rescued from those who hate me, and from the ^(JU)depths of water.
¹⁵May the ^[dg]^(JV)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(JW)pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, Lord, for ^(JX)Your mercy is good;
^(JY)According to the greatness of Your compassion, ^(JZ)turn to me,
¹⁷And ^(KA)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am ^(KB)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸Come near to my soul and ^(KC)redeem it;
^(KD)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹You know my ^(KE)disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are ^[dh]known to You.

²⁰Disgrace has ^(KF)broken my heart, and I am so sick.
And ^(KG)I waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for ^(KH)comforters, but I found none.
²¹They also gave me ^[di]^(KI)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they ^(KJ)gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May ^(KK)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[dj]^(KL)when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
²³May their ^(KM)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(KN)hips shake continually.
²⁴^(KO)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵May their ^[dk]^(KP)camp be desolated;
May there be none living in their tents.
²⁶For they have ^(KQ)persecuted him whom ^(KR)You Yourself struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom ^(KS)You have ^[dl]wounded.
²⁷Add ^(KT)guilt to their guilt,
And ^(KU)may they not come into ^(KV)Your righteousness.
²⁸May they be ^(KW)wiped out of the ^(KX)book of life,
And may they not be ^[dm]^(KY)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹But I am ^(KZ)afflicted and in pain;
^[dn]May Your salvation, God, ^(LA)set me safely on high.
³⁰I will ^(LB)praise the name of God with song,
And ^(LC)exalt Him with ^(LD)thanksgiving.
³¹And it will ^(LE)please the Lord better than an ox
Or bull with horns and hoofs.
³²The ^(LF)humble ^[do]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(LG)let your heart ^[dp]revive.
³³For ^(LH)the Lord hears the needy,
And ^(LI)does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

³⁴^(LJ)Heaven and earth shall praise Him,
The seas and ^(LK)everything that moves in them.
³⁵For God will ^(LL)save Zion and ^(LM)build the cities of Judah,
So that they may live there and ^(LN)possess it.
³⁶The ^[dq]^(LO)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(LP)will live in it.

Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

For the music director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.

70 ^(LQ)God, hurry to save me;
Lord, hurry to help me!
²^(LR)May those who seek my ^[dr]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight ^[ds]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.
³^(LS)May those who say, “Aha, aha!” be ^[dt]turned back
Because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And may those who love Your salvation say continually,
“May God be exalted!”
⁵But ^(LT)I am afflicted and needy;
^(LU)Hurry to me, God!
You are my help and my savior;
Lord, do not delay.

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

71 ^(LV)In You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
²^(LW)In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
^(LX)Extend Your ear to me and help me.
³^(LY)Be to me a rock of ^(LZ)dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the ^(MA)commandment to save me,
For You are ^(MB)my rock and my fortress.
⁴^(MC)Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the ^[du]grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
⁵For You are my ^(MD)hope;
Lord ^[dv]God, You are my ^(ME)confidence from my youth.
⁶I have ^(MF)leaned on you since my birth;
You are He who ^(MG)took me from my mother’s womb;
My ^(MH)praise is continually ^[dw]of You.

⁷I have become a ^(MI)marvel to many,
For You are ^(MJ)my strong refuge.
⁸My ^(MK)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with ^(ML)Your glory all day long.
⁹Do not cast me away at the ^(MM)time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
¹⁰For my enemies have spoken ^[dx]against me;
And those who ^(MN)watch for my ^[dy]life ^(MO)have consulted together,
¹¹Saying, “^(MP)God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is ^(MQ)no one to save him.”

¹²God, ^(MR)do not be far from me;
My God, ^(MS)hurry to my aid!
¹³May those who are enemies of my soul be ^(MT)put to shame and consumed;
May they be ^(MU)covered with disgrace and dishonor, who ^(MV)seek ^[dz]to injure me.
¹⁴But as for me, I will ^(MW)wait continually,
And will ^[ea]^(MX)praise You yet more and more.
¹⁵My ^(MY)mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of ^(MZ)Your salvation all day long;
For I ^(NA)do not know the art of writing.
¹⁶I will come ^(NB)with the mighty deeds of the Lord ^[eb]God;
I will ^(NC)make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷God, You ^(ND)have taught me from my youth,
And I still ^(NE)declare Your wondrous deeds.
¹⁸And even when I am ^(NF)old and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I ^(NG)declare Your ^[ec]strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
¹⁹^[ed]For Your ^(NH)righteousness, God, reaches to the ^[ee]heavens,
You who have ^(NI)done great things;
God, ^(NJ)who is like You?
²⁰You who have ^(NK)shown ^[ef]me many troubles and distresses
Will ^(NL)revive ^[eg]me again,
And will bring ^[eh]me up again ^(NM)from the depths of the earth.
²¹May You increase my ^(NN)greatness
And turn to ^(NO)comfort me.

²²I will also praise You with ^[ei]^(NP)a harp,
And Your ^[ej]truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the ^(NQ)lyre,
^(NR)Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips will ^(NS)shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my ^(NT)soul, which You have redeemed.
²⁴My ^(NU)tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ^(NV)put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek ^[ek]my harm.

The Reign of the Righteous King.

A Psalm of Solomon.

72 Give the king ^(NW)Your judgments, God,
And ^(NX)Your righteousness to the king’s son.
²^[el]May ^[em]he ^(NY)judge Your people with righteousness
And ^[en]^(NZ)Your afflicted with justice.
³^[eo]May the mountains bring ^[ep]^(OA)peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
⁴^[eq]May he ^(OB)vindicate the ^[er]afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy,
And crush the oppressor.

⁵^[es]May they fear You ^(OC)while the sun shines,
And ^[et]as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.
⁶^[eu]May he come down ^(OD)like rain upon the mown grass,
Like ^(OE)showers that water the earth.
⁷^[ev]May the ^(OF)righteous flourish in his days,
As well as an ^(OG)abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

⁸May he also rule ^(OH)from sea to sea,
And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
⁹^[ew]May ^(OI)the nomads of the desert ^(OJ)bow before him,
And his enemies ^(OK)lick the dust.
¹⁰^[ex]May the kings of ^(OL)Tarshish and of the ^[ey]^(OM)islands bring gifts;
May the kings of ^(ON)Sheba and ^(OO)Seba ^(OP)offer tributes.
¹¹^[ez]And may all ^(OQ)kings bow down before him,
All ^(OR)nations serve him.

¹²For he will ^(OS)save the needy when he cries for help,
The ^[fa]afflicted also, and him who has no helper.
¹³He will have ^(OT)compassion on the poor and needy,
And he will save the ^[fb]lives of the needy.
¹⁴He will ^[fc]^(OU)rescue their ^[fd]life from oppression and violence,
And their blood will be ^(OV)precious in his sight;
¹⁵So may he live, and may the ^(OW)gold of Sheba be given to him;
And ^[fe]they are to pray for him continually;
^[ff]They are to bless him all day long.

¹⁶May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains;
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of ^(OX)Lebanon;
And may those from the city flourish like the ^(OY)vegetation of the earth.
¹⁷May his ^(OZ)name endure forever;
May his name produce descendants ^[fg]^(PA)as long as the sun shines;
And may people ^(PB)wish blessings on themselves by him;
^(PC)May all nations call him blessed.

¹⁸^(PD)Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
Who alone ^(PE)works wonders.
¹⁹And blessed be His ^(PF)glorious name forever;
And may the whole ^(PG)earth be filled with His glory.
^(PH)Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

BOOK 3

The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.

A Psalm of Asaph.

73 God certainly is ^(PI)good to Israel,
To those who are ^(PJ)pure in heart!
²But as for me, ^(PK)my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps ^[fh]had almost slipped.
³For I was ^(PL)envious of the ^[fi]arrogant
As I saw the ^(PM)prosperity of the wicked.
⁴For there are no pains in their death,
And their belly is fat.
⁵They are ^(PN)not ^[fj]in trouble like other people,
Nor are they ^(PO)tormented together with the rest of mankind.
⁶Therefore arrogance is ^(PP)their necklace;
The ^(PQ)garment of violence covers them.
⁷Their eye ^[fk]bulges from ^(PR)fatness;
The imaginations of their heart overflow.
⁸They ^(PS)mock and ^[fl]wickedly speak of oppression;
They ^(PT)speak from on high.
⁹They have ^(PU)set their mouth ^[fm]against the heavens,
And their tongue ^[fn]parades through the earth.

¹⁰Therefore ^[fo]his people return here,
And ^(PV)abundant waters are drunk by them.
¹¹They say, “^(PW)How does God know?
And is there knowledge ^[fp]with the Most High?”
¹²Behold, ^(PX)these are the wicked;
And always ^(PY)at ease, they have increased in wealth.
¹³Surely ^(PZ)in vain I have ^[fq]kept my heart pure
And ^(QA)washed my hands in innocence;
¹⁴For I have been stricken ^(QB)all day long,
And ^[fr]^(QC)punished every morning.

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak this way,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the ^(QD)generation of Your children.
¹⁶When I ^(QE)thought of understanding this,
It was ^[fs]troublesome in my sight
¹⁷Until I entered the ^[ft]^(QF)sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their ^(QG)end.
¹⁸You indeed put them on ^(QH)slippery ground;
You dropped them into ^[fu]^(QI)ruin.
¹⁹How they are ^[fv]^(QJ)destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by ^(QK)sudden terrors!
²⁰Like a ^(QL)dream when one awakes,
Lord, when ^(QM)stirred, You will ^(QN)despise their image.

²¹When my ^(QO)heart was embittered
And I was ^(QP)pierced ^[fw]within,
²²Then I was ^(QQ)stupid and ignorant;
I was like an ^(QR)animal ^[fx]before You.
²³Nevertheless ^(QS)I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
²⁴You will ^(QT)guide me with Your plan,
And afterward ^(QU)receive me ^[fy]to glory.

²⁵^(QV)Whom do I have in heaven but You?
And with You, I desire nothing on earth.
²⁶My ^(QW)flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the ^[fz]strength of my heart and my ^(QX)portion forever.
²⁷For, behold, ^(QY)those who are far from You will ^(QZ)perish;
You have destroyed all those who ^[ga]^(RA)are unfaithful to You.
²⁸But as for me, ^(RB)the nearness of God is good for me;
I have made the Lord ^[gb]God my ^(RC)refuge,
So that I may ^(RD)tell of all Your works.

An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

A ^[gc]Maskil of Asaph.

74 God, why have You ^(RE)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger ^(RF)smoke against the ^(RG)sheep of Your ^[gd]pasture?
²Remember Your congregation, which You ^(RH)purchased of old,
Which You have ^(RI)redeemed to be the ^(RJ)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ^(RK)Zion, where You have dwelt.
³^[ge]Step toward the ^[gf]^(RL)irreparable ruins;
The enemy ^(RM)has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
⁴Your adversaries have ^(RN)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(RO)own signs as ^(RP)signs.
⁵It ^[gg]seems like one bringing up
His ^(RQ)axe into a ^[gh]forest of trees.
⁶And now they break down ^[gi]all its ^(RR)carved work
With axe and hammers.
⁷They have ^[gj]^(RS)burned Your sanctuary ^[gk]to the ground;
They have ^(RT)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸They ^(RU)said in their heart, “Let’s ^[gl]completely ^[gm]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
⁹We do not see our ^(RV)signs;
There is ^(RW)no longer any prophet,
Nor is there anyone among us who knows ^(RX)how long.
¹⁰How long, God, will the enemy ^(RY)taunt You?
Shall the enemy ^(RZ)treat Your name disrespectfully forever?
¹¹Why ^(SA)do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
Extend it from Your chest and ^(SB)destroy them!

¹²Yet God is ^(SC)my King from long ago,
Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.
¹³^[gn]You ^(SD)divided the sea by Your strength;
^[go]You ^(SE)broke the heads of the ^(SF)sea monsters ^[gp]in the waters.
¹⁴^[gq]You crushed the heads of ^[gr]^(SG)Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the ^[gs]creatures ^(SH)of the wilderness.
¹⁵^[gt]You ^(SI)broke open springs and torrents;
^[gu]You ^(SJ)dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^[gv]You have ^(SK)prepared the ^[gw]light and the sun.
¹⁷^[gx]You have ^(SL)established all the boundaries of the earth;
^[gy]You have ^[gz]created ^(SM)summer and winter.

¹⁸Remember this, ^[ha]Lord, that the enemy has ^(SN)taunted You,
And a ^(SO)foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully.
¹⁹Do not give the soul of Your ^(SP)turtledove to the wild animal;
^(SQ)Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
²⁰Consider the ^(SR)covenant;
For the ^(SS)dark places of the land are full of the places of violence.
²¹May the ^(ST)oppressed person not return dishonored;
May the ^(SU)afflicted and the needy praise Your name.

²²Arise, God, and ^(SV)plead Your own cause;
Remember ^[hb]how the ^(SW)foolish person taunts You all day long.
²³Do not forget the voice of Your ^(SX)adversaries,
The ^(SY)uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually.

God Humbles the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous.

For the music director; set to ^[hc]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

75 We ^(SZ)give thanks to You, God, we give thanks,
For Your name is ^(TA)near;
People declare ^(TB)Your wondrous works.
²“When I select an ^(TC)appointed time,
It is I who ^(TD)judge fairly.
³The ^(TE)earth and all who inhabit it ^[hd]are unsteady;
It is I who have firmly set its ^(TF)pillars. Selah
⁴I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
And to the wicked, ‘^(TG)Do not lift up the horn;
⁵Do not lift up your horn on high,
^(TH)Do not speak with insolent ^[he]pride.’”

⁶For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the ^[hf]^(TI)desert comes exaltation;
⁷But ^(TJ)God is the Judge;
He ^(TK)puts down one and exalts another.
⁸For a ^(TL)cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is ^[hg]^(TM)well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Certainly all the wicked of the earth must drain and ^(TN)drink its dregs.

⁹But as for me, I will ^(TO)declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰And ^[hh]He will cut off all the ^(TP)horns of the wicked,
But ^(TQ)the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

The Victorious Power of the God of Jacob.

For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

76 God is ^(TR)known in Judah;
His name is ^(TS)great in Israel.
²His ^[hi]^(TT)tabernacle is in ^(TU)Salem;
His ^(TV)dwelling place also is in Zion.
³There He ^(TW)broke the ^[hj]flaming arrows,
The shield, the sword, and the ^[hk]weapons of war. Selah

⁴You are resplendent,
^[hl]More majestic than the mountains of prey.
⁵The ^(TX)stouthearted were plundered,
^[hm]They sank into sleep;
And none of the ^[hn]warriors could use his hands.
⁶At Your ^(TY)rebuke, God of Jacob,
Both ^[ho]^(TZ)rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
⁷You, You indeed are ^(UA)to be feared,
And ^(UB)who may stand in Your presence, ^[hp]once You are angry?

⁸You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth ^(UC)feared and was still
⁹When God ^(UD)arose to judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah
¹⁰For the ^[hq]^(UE)wrath of mankind shall praise You;
You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.

¹¹^(UF)Make vows to the Lord your God and ^(UG)fulfill them;
All who are around Him are to ^(UH)bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.
¹²He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is ^[hr]^(UI)feared by the kings of the earth.

Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God’s Mighty Deeds.

For the music director; ^[hs]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

77 My voice rises to God, and I will ^(UJ)cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.
²In the ^(UK)day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
^(UL)In the night my ^(UM)hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;
My soul ^(UN)refused to be comforted.
³When I remember God, then I am ^(UO)restless;
When I ^(UP)sigh, then ^(UQ)my spirit feels weak. Selah
⁴You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I ^(UR)cannot speak.
⁵I have considered the ^(US)days of old,
The years of long ago.
⁶I will remember my ^(UT)song in the night;
I ^(UU)will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit ^[ht]ponders:

⁷Will the Lord ^(UV)reject forever?
And will He ^(UW)never be favorable again?
⁸Has His ^(UX)favor ceased forever?
Has His ^[hu]^(UY)promise come to an end ^[hv]forever?
⁹Has God ^(UZ)forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger ^[hw]withdrawn His ^(VA)compassion? Selah
¹⁰Then I said, “^(VB)It is my ^[hx]grief,
That the ^(VC)right hand of the Most High has changed.”

¹¹I shall remember the ^(VD)deeds of ^[hy]the Lord;
I will certainly ^(VE)remember Your wonders of old.
¹²I will ^(VF)meditate on all Your work,
And on Your deeds with thanksgiving.
¹³Your way, God, is ^(VG)holy;
^(VH)What god is great like our God?
¹⁴You are the ^(VI)God who works wonders;
You have ^(VJ)made known Your strength among the peoples.
¹⁵By Your ^[hz]power You have ^(VK)redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and ^(VL)Joseph. Selah

¹⁶The ^(VM)waters saw You, God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The ocean depths also trembled.
¹⁷The ^(VN)clouds poured out water;
The skies ^[ia]^(VO)sounded out;
Your ^(VP)arrows ^[ib]flashed here and there.
¹⁸The ^(VQ)sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The ^(VR)lightning lit up the world;
The ^(VS)earth trembled and shook.
¹⁹Your ^(VT)way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints were not known.
²⁰You ^(VU)led Your people like a flock
By the hand of ^(VV)Moses and Aaron.

God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

A ^[ic]Maskil of Asaph.

78 ^(VW)Listen, my people, to my ^[id]instruction;
^(VX)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
²I will ^(VY)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell ^(VZ)riddles of old,
³Which we have heard and known,
And ^(WA)our fathers have told us.
⁴We will ^(WB)not conceal them from their children,
But we will ^(WC)tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His power and His ^(WD)wondrous works that He has done.

⁵For He established a ^(WE)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a ^(WF)law in Israel,
Which He ^(WG)commanded our fathers
That they were to ^[ie]^(WH)teach them to their children,
⁶^(WI)So that the generation to come would know, ^(WJ)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and ^(WK)tell them to their children,
⁷So that they would put their confidence in God
And ^(WL)not forget the works of God,
But ^(WM)comply with His commandments,
⁸And ^(WN)not be like their fathers,
A ^(WO)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that ^(WP)did not ^[if]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not ^(WQ)faithful to God.

⁹The sons of Ephraim ^[ig]were ^(WR)archers equipped with bows,
Yet ^(WS)they turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰They ^(WT)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(WU)walk in His Law;
¹¹They ^(WV)forgot His deeds
And His ^[ih]miracles that He had shown them.
¹²^(WW)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the ^(WX)field of Zoan.
¹³He ^(WY)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand ^(WZ)up like a heap.
¹⁴Then He led them with the cloud by ^(XA)day
And all the night with a ^(XB)light of fire.
¹⁵He ^(XC)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
¹⁶He ^(XD)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.

¹⁷Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To ^(XE)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸And in their heart they ^(XF)put God to the test
By asking for ^(XG)food ^[ii]that suited their taste.
¹⁹Then they spoke against God;
They said, “^(XH)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
²⁰Behold, He ^(XI)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare ^(XJ)meat for His people?”

²¹Therefore the Lord heard and ^[ij]was ^(XK)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,
²²Because they ^(XL)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³Yet He commanded the clouds above
And ^(XM)opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴He ^(XN)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them ^[ik]^(XO)food from heaven.
²⁵Man ate the bread of ^[il]angels;
He sent them ^[im]food ^[in]^(XP)in abundance.
²⁶He ^(XQ)made the east wind blow in the sky
And by His ^[io]power He directed the south wind.
²⁷When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even ^(XR)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
²⁸He let them fall in the midst of ^[ip]their camp,
All around their dwellings.
²⁹So they ^(XS)ate and were well filled,
And He ^[iq]satisfied their longing.
³⁰^[ir]Yet before they had abandoned their longing,
^(XT)While their food was in their mouths,
³¹The ^(XU)anger of God rose against them
And killed ^[is]some of their ^(XV)strongest ones,
And ^[it]subdued the choice men of Israel.
³²In spite of all this they ^(XW)still sinned
And ^(XX)did not believe in His wonderful works.
³³So He brought ^(XY)their days to an end in futility,
And their years to an end in sudden terror.

³⁴When He killed them, then they ^(XZ)sought Him,
And they returned and searched ^(YA)diligently for God;
³⁵And they remembered that God was their ^(YB)rock,
And the Most High God their ^(YC)Redeemer.
³⁶But they ^(YD)flattered Him with their mouth
And ^(YE)lied to Him with their tongue.
³⁷For their heart was not ^(YF)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
³⁸But He, being ^(YG)compassionate, ^[iu]^(YH)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He ^[iv]^(YI)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
³⁹So ^(YJ)He remembered that they were only ^(YK)flesh,
A ^[iw]^(YL)wind that passes and does not return.

⁴⁰How often they ^(YM)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And ^(YN)grieved Him in the ^(YO)desert!
⁴¹Again and again they ^[ix]^(YP)tempted God,
And pained the ^(YQ)Holy One of Israel.
⁴²They ^(YR)did not remember ^(YS)His ^[iy]power,
The day when He ^(YT)redeemed them from the enemy,
⁴³When He performed His ^(YU)signs in Egypt
And His ^(YV)marvels in the field of Zoan,
⁴⁴And ^(YW)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
⁴⁵He sent swarms of ^(YX)flies among them that devoured them,
And ^(YY)frogs that destroyed them.
⁴⁶He also gave their crops to the ^(YZ)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the ^(ZA)locust.
⁴⁷He ^[iz]destroyed their vines with ^(ZB)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
⁴⁸He also turned their ^(ZC)cattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
⁴⁹He ^(ZD)sent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of ^[ja]destroying angels.
⁵⁰He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But ^(ZE)turned their lives over to the plague,
⁵¹And ^(ZF)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The ^(ZG)first and best of their vigor in the tents of ^(ZH)Ham.
⁵²But He ^(ZI)led His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness ^(ZJ)like a flock;
⁵³He led them ^(ZK)safely, so that they did not fear;
But ^(ZL)the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵⁴So ^(ZM)He brought them to His holy ^[jb]land,
To this ^[jc]^(ZN)hill country ^(ZO)which His right hand had gained.
⁵⁵He also ^(ZP)drove out the nations from them
And ^(ZQ)apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
⁵⁶Yet they ^[jd]^(ZR)tempted and ^(ZS)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
⁵⁷But turned back and ^(ZT)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They ^(ZU)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
⁵⁸For they ^(ZV)provoked Him with their ^(ZW)high places
And ^(ZX)moved Him to jealousy with their ^(ZY)carved images.
⁵⁹When God heard them, He ^[je]was filled with ^(ZZ)wrath
And He utterly ^(AAA)rejected Israel;
⁶⁰So that He ^(AAB)abandoned the ^(AAC)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent ^[jf]which He had pitched among people,
⁶¹And He gave up His ^(AAD)strength to captivity
And His glory ^(AAE)into the hand of the enemy.
⁶²He also ^(AAF)turned His people over to the sword,
And ^[jg]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
⁶³^(AAG)Fire devoured ^[jh]His young men,
And ^[ji]His ^(AAH)virgins had no wedding songs.
⁶⁴^[jj]His ^(AAI)priests fell by the sword,
And ^[jk]His ^(AAJ)widows could not weep.

⁶⁵Then the Lord ^(AAK)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a ^(AAL)warrior ^[jl]overcome by wine.
⁶⁶He ^[jm]^(AAM)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
⁶⁷He also ^(AAN)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount ^(AAO)Zion, which He loved.
⁶⁹And He ^(AAP)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
⁷⁰He also ^(AAQ)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹From ^[jn]^(AAR)the care of the ^[jo]ewes ^(AAS)with nursing lambs He brought him
To ^(AAT)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel ^(AAU)His inheritance.
⁷²So he shepherded them according to the ^(AAV)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.

Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 God, the ^(AAW)nations have ^[jp]invaded ^(AAX)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your ^(AAY)holy temple;
They have ^(AAZ)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
²They have given the ^(ABA)dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.
³They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;
And there was ^(ABB)no one to bury them.
⁴We have become a ^(ABC)disgrace before our neighbors,
An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
⁵^(ABD)How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ^(ABE)jealousy ^(ABF)burn like fire?
⁶^(ABG)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which ^(ABH)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which ^(ABI)do not call upon Your name.
⁷For they have ^(ABJ)devoured Jacob
And ^(ABK)laid waste his ^[jq]settlement.

⁸^(ABL)Do not ^[jr]hold us responsible for ^[js]the guilty deeds of our forefathers;
Let Your compassion come quickly to ^(ABM)meet us,
For we have ^(ABN)become very low.
⁹^(ABO)Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of ^(ABP)Your name;
And save us and ^[jt]^(ABQ)forgive our sins ^(ABR)for the sake of Your name.
¹⁰^(ABS)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let ^(ABT)vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed
Be known among the nations in our sight.
¹¹Let ^(ABU)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^[ju]power, let ^[jv]those who are ^(ABV)doomed to die remain.
¹²And return to our neighbors ^(ABW)seven times as much ^(ABX)into their lap
Their ^(ABY)taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
¹³So we Your people and the ^(ABZ)sheep of Your ^[jw]pasture
Will ^(ACA)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will ^(ACB)tell of Your praise.

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the music director; set to ^[jx]El Shoshannim; ^[jy]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

80 Listen, ^(ACC)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads ^(ACD)Joseph like a flock;
You who ^(ACE)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
²Before ^(ACF)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, ^(ACG)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
³God, ^(ACH)restore us
And ^(ACI)make Your face shine upon us, ^[jz]and we will be saved.

⁴^(ACJ)Lord God of armies,
^(ACK)How long will You ^[ka]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
⁵You have fed them with the ^(ACL)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in ^[kb]large measure.
⁶You make us ^[kc]an object of contention ^(ACM)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, ^[kd]and we will be saved.

⁸You removed a ^(ACN)vine from Egypt;
You ^(ACO)drove out the ^[ke]nations and ^(ACP)planted it.
⁹You ^(ACQ)cleared the ground before it,
And it ^(ACR)took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ^[kf]the cedars of God with its ^(ACS)branches.
¹¹It was sending out its branches ^(ACT)to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
¹²Why have You ^(ACU)broken down its ^[kg]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
¹³A boar from the forest ^(ACV)eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴God of armies, do ^(ACW)turn back;
^(ACX)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
¹⁵The ^[kh]^(ACY)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the ^[ki]son whom You have ^[kj]strengthened for Yourself.
¹⁶It is ^(ACZ)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the ^(ADA)rebuke of Your face.
¹⁷Let ^(ADB)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You ^(ADC)made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸Then we will not ^(ADD)turn back from You;
^(ADE)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
¹⁹Lord God of armies, ^(ADF)restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, ^[kk]and we will be saved.

God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.

For the music director; ^[kl]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

81 ^(ADG)Sing for joy to God our ^(ADH)strength;
Shout ^(ADI)joyfully to the ^(ADJ)God of Jacob.
²Raise a song, strike ^(ADK)the tambourine,
The sweet sounding ^(ADL)lyre with the ^(ADM)harp.
³Blow the trumpet at the ^(ADN)new moon,
At the full moon, on our ^(ADO)feast day.
⁴For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
⁵He established it as a testimony in Joseph
When he ^[km]^(ADP)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a ^(ADQ)language I did not know:

⁶“I ^[kn]^(ADR)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the ^[ko]basket.
⁷You ^(ADS)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I ^(ADT)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I put you to the test at the ^(ADU)waters of Meribah. Selah
⁸^(ADV)Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you ^(ADW)would listen to Me!
⁹There shall be no ^(ADX)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship a foreign god.
¹⁰^(ADY)I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
^(ADZ)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(AEA)fill it.

¹¹“But My people ^(AEB)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not ^[kp]obey Me.
¹²So I ^(AEC)gave ^[kq]them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk by their own plans.
¹³Oh that My people ^(AED)would listen to Me,
That Israel would ^(AEE)walk in My ways!
¹⁴I would quickly ^(AEF)subdue their enemies
And ^(AEG)turn My hand against their adversaries.
¹⁵^(AEH)Those who hate the Lord would ^(AEI)pretend to obey Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
¹⁶^[kr]But I would feed you with the ^[ks]^(AEJ)finest of the wheat,
And with ^(AEK)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

82 God takes His ^(AEL)position in ^[kt]His assembly;
He ^(AEM)judges in the midst of the ^(AEN)gods.
²How long will you ^(AEO)judge unjustly
And ^(AEP)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
³^(AEQ)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
⁴^(AER)Rescue the weak and needy;
Save them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵They ^(AES)do not know nor do they understand;
They ^(AET)walk around in darkness;
All the ^(AEU)foundations of the earth are shaken.
⁶^[ku]I ^(AEV)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are ^(AEW)sons of the Most High.
⁷Nevertheless ^(AEX)you will die like men,
And fall like ^(AEY)one of the princes.”
⁸^(AEZ)Arise, God, ^(AFA)judge the earth!
For You ^(AFB)possess all the nations.

God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

83 God, ^(AFC)do not remain quiet;
^(AFD)Do not be silent and, God, do not be still.
²For behold, Your enemies ^(AFE)make an uproar,
And ^(AFF)those who hate You have ^[kv]^(AFG)exalted themselves.
³They ^(AFH)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And ^[kw]conspire together against ^(AFI)Your ^[kx]treasured ones.
⁴They have said, “Come, and ^(AFJ)let’s wipe them out ^[ky]as a nation,
So that the ^(AFK)name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
⁵For they have ^[kz]^(AFL)conspired together with one mind;
They make a covenant against You:
⁶The tents of ^(AFM)Edom and the ^(AFN)Ishmaelites,
^(AFO)Moab and the ^(AFP)Hagrites;
⁷^(AFQ)Gebal, ^(AFR)Ammon, and ^(AFS)Amalek,
^(AFT)Philistia with the inhabitants of ^(AFU)Tyre;
⁸^(AFV)Assyria also has joined them;
They have become ^[la]a help to the ^(AFW)children of Lot. Selah

⁹Deal with them ^(AFX)as with Midian,
As ^(AFY)with Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon,
¹⁰Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who ^(AFZ)became like dung for the ground.
¹¹Make their nobles like ^(AGA)Oreb and Zeeb,
And all their leaders like ^(AGB)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹²Who said, “^(AGC)Let’s possess for ourselves
The ^(AGD)pastures of God.”

¹³My God, make them like the ^[lb]^(AGE)whirling dust,
Like ^(AGF)chaff before the wind.
¹⁴Like ^(AGG)fire that burns the forest,
And like a flame that ^(AGH)sets the mountains on fire,
¹⁵So pursue them ^(AGI)with Your heavy gale,
And terrify them with Your storm.
¹⁶^(AGJ)Fill their faces with dishonor,
So that they will seek Your name, Lord.
¹⁷May they be ^(AGK)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And may they be humiliated and perish,
¹⁸So that they will ^(AGL)know that ^(AGM)You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the ^(AGN)Most High over all the earth.

Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the music director; ^[lc]on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

84 How lovely are Your ^(AGO)dwelling places,
Lord of armies!
²My ^(AGP)soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the ^(AGQ)living God.
³The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may put her young:
Your ^(AGR)altars, Lord of armies,
^(AGS)My King and my God.
⁴^(AGT)Blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ^(AGU)ever praising You. Selah

⁵Blessed is the person whose ^(AGV)strength is in You,
In ^[ld]whose heart are the ^(AGW)roads to Zion!
⁶Passing through the Valley of ^[le]Baca they make it a ^[lf]spring;
The ^(AGX)early rain also covers it with blessings.
⁷They ^(AGY)go from strength to strength,
^[lg]Every one of them ^(AGZ)appears before God in Zion.

⁸^(AHA)Lord God of armies, hear my prayer;
Listen, ^(AHB)God of Jacob! Selah
⁹See our ^(AHC)shield, God,
And look at the face of ^(AHD)Your anointed.
¹⁰For ^(AHE)a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than live in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹For the Lord God is ^(AHF)a sun and ^(AHG)shield;
The Lord gives grace and ^(AHH)glory;
^(AHI)He withholds no good thing ^[lh]from those who walk with integrity.
¹²Lord of armies,
^(AHJ)Blessed is the person who trusts in You!

Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

85 Lord, You showed ^(AHK)favor to Your land;
You ^(AHL)restored the fortunes of Jacob.
²You ^(AHM)forgave the guilt of Your people;
You ^(AHN)covered all their sin. Selah
³You ^(AHO)withdrew all Your fury;
You ^(AHP)turned away from Your burning anger.

⁴^(AHQ)Restore us, God of our salvation,
And ^(AHR)cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
⁵Will ^(AHS)You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to ^[li]all generations?
⁶Will You not ^[lj]^(AHT)revive us again,
So that Your people may ^(AHU)rejoice in You?
⁷Show us Your mercy, Lord,
And ^(AHV)grant us Your salvation.

⁸^[lk]I will hear what God the Lord will say;
For He will ^(AHW)speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
And may they not ^(AHX)turn back to ^[ll]foolishness.
⁹Certainly ^(AHY)His salvation is near to those who ^[lm]fear Him,
That ^(AHZ)glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰^(AIA)Graciousness and ^[ln]truth have met together;
^(AIB)Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
¹¹^[lo]Truth ^(AIC)sprouts from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
¹²Indeed, ^(AID)the Lord will give what is good,
And our ^(AIE)land will yield its produce.
¹³^(AIF)Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way.

Pleading and Trust.

A Prayer of David.

86 ^(AIG)Incline Your ear, Lord, and answer me;
For I am ^(AIH)afflicted and needy.
²^(AII)Protect my ^[lp]soul, for I am ^(AIJ)godly;
You my God, save Your servant who ^(AIK)trusts in You.
³Be ^(AIL)gracious to me, Lord,
For ^(AIM)I call upon You all day long.
⁴Make the soul of Your servant joyful,
For to You, Lord, ^(AIN)I lift up my soul.
⁵For You, Lord, are ^(AIO)good, and ^(AIP)ready to forgive,
And ^(AIQ)abundant in mercy to all who call upon You.
⁶^(AIR)Listen, Lord, to my prayer;
And give Your attention to the sound of my pleading!
⁷On ^(AIS)the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For ^(AIT)You will answer me.
⁸There is ^(AIU)no one like You among the gods, Lord,
Nor are there any works ^(AIV)like Yours.
⁹^(AIW)All nations whom You have made will come and worship before You, Lord,
And they will glorify Your name.
¹⁰For You are ^(AIX)great, and you ^(AIY)do ^[lq]wondrous deeds;
You alone ^(AIZ)are God.

¹¹^(AJA)Teach me Your way, Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
^(AJB)Unite my heart to fear Your name.
¹²I will ^(AJC)give thanks to You, Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forever.
¹³For Your graciousness toward me is great,
And You have ^(AJD)saved my soul from the ^[lr]depths of ^[ls]Sheol.

¹⁴God, arrogant men have ^(AJE)risen up against me,
And a gang of violent men have sought my ^[lt]life,
And they have not set You before them.
¹⁵But You, Lord, are a ^(AJF)compassionate and gracious God,
Slow to anger and abundant in mercy and ^[lu]truth.
¹⁶^(AJG)Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
^(AJH)Grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the ^(AJI)son of Your maidservant.
¹⁷^(AJJ)Show me a sign of good,
That those who hate me may ^(AJK)see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, ^(AJL)have helped me and comforted me.

The Privileges of Citizenship in Zion.

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

87 His ^(AJM)foundation is in the holy mountains.
²The Lord ^(AJN)loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
³^(AJO)Glorious things are spoken of you,
^(AJP)City of God. Selah
⁴“I shall mention ^[lv]^(AJQ)Rahab and Babylon ^[lw]among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and ^(AJR)Tyre with ^[lx]^(AJS)Cush:
‘This one was born there.’”
⁵But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her”;
And the Most High Himself will ^(AJT)establish her.
⁶The Lord will count when He ^(AJU)registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah

Footnotes

Psalm 60 Title Lit The lily of testimony
Psalm 60 Title Possibly, Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
Psalm 60 Title 2 Sam 8:3, 13; 1 Chr 18:3, 12
Psalm 60:1 Or broken out upon us
Psalm 60:2 Or earth
Psalm 60:3 Lit caused Your people to see
Psalm 60:3 Lit wine of staggering
Psalm 60:5 Some authorities me
Psalm 60:6 Or sanctuary
Psalm 60:7 Lit protection
Psalm 60:9 Or has led
Psalm 60:11 Lit of
Psalm 60:12 Or In; or With
Psalm 61:4 Or sojourn
Psalm 61:6 Lit add days to
Psalm 61:6 Lit days
Psalm 61:7 Or remain before
Psalm 62 Title Cf. 1 Chr 16:41; 25:1; Ps 39 and 77 titles
Psalm 62:4 Lit his
Psalm 62:11 Or one thing
Psalm 62:11 Or These two things I have heard
Psalm 63 Title 1 Sam 22:5; 23:14
Psalm 63:3 Or faithfulness
Psalm 63:8 Lit after
Psalm 63:9 Lit soul
Psalm 63:9 Lit lowest places
Psalm 63:10 Lit They will pour him out
Psalm 63:10 Lit poured out by
Psalm 63:10 Lit portion
Psalm 64:1 Or concern
Psalm 64:4 Lit in
Psalm 64:5 Lit matter
Psalm 64:5 Lit tell of
Psalm 64:6 Or search out
Psalm 64:6 Lit complete
Psalm 64:6 Or inward part
Psalm 64:6 Or unsearchable
Psalm 64:7 Or shot
Psalm 64:7 Or they were wounded; lit their wounds occurred
Psalm 64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselves
Psalm 64:8 Or made
Psalm 64:9 Or feared
Psalm 64:9 Or declared
Psalm 64:9 Or considered
Psalm 64:9 Lit His work
Psalm 65:1 Lit to
Psalm 65:2 Lit flesh comes
Psalm 65:3 Or Confessions of wrongdoings
Psalm 65:3 Lit cover, atone for
Psalm 65:5 Or seas
Psalm 65:8 Lit outgoings of the morning and evening
Psalm 65:9 Or channel
Psalm 65:9 Lit it
Psalm 65:10 Or smooth
Psalm 65:11 Lit of
Psalm 65:11 I.e., wagon tracks
Psalm 66:8 Lit cause to hear the sound of His praise
Psalm 66:9 Lit puts our soul in life
Psalm 66:9 Or dodder, stumble
Psalm 66:11 Lit our loins
Psalm 66:15 Or cattle
Psalm 66:16 Or revere
Psalm 66:17 Or praise was under my tongue
Psalm 66:18 Or had regarded
Psalm 67:1 Lit with
Psalm 67:7 Or And let all...earth fear Him
Psalm 68:1 Or God shall
Psalm 68:1 Or His enemies shall
Psalm 68:1 Or those who hate Him shall
Psalm 68:4 Or Prepare the way for Him
Psalm 68:4 Heb Yah
Psalm 68:5 Lit of
Psalm 68:6 Lit makes the solitary to dwell in a house
Psalm 68:8 Lit This is Sinai which
Psalm 68:9 Lit weary
Psalm 68:11 Lit word
Psalm 68:13 Lit If
Psalm 68:13 I.e., gold alloyed with silver
Psalm 68:14 Lit in it
Psalm 68:15 Or mighty mountain
Psalm 68:17 Lit twice 10,000
Psalm 68:17 Another reading is The Lord came from Sinai into the sanctuary
Psalm 68:18 Heb Yah
Psalm 68:20 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 68:20 I.e., in view of; lit for
Psalm 68:21 Lit skull
Psalm 68:22 Or says
Psalm 68:23 Some ancient versions render, you may bathe your foot in blood
Psalm 68:24 Or in holiness
Psalm 68:25 Or The maidens in the midst
Psalm 68:27 Or smallest
Psalm 68:27 Or their ruler
Psalm 68:28 Some mss Command, God
Psalm 68:28 Lit for us
Psalm 68:29 Or From Your temple
Psalm 68:30 Lit of
Psalm 68:31 As in LXX; MT uncertain, possibly, Articles of bronze; or Articles of red cloth
Psalm 68:31 Or Ethiopia
Psalm 68:33 Lit heaven of heavens of old
Psalm 68:33 Lit gives forth
Psalm 68:34 Lit clouds
Psalm 68:35 Or Awesome is God from your sanctuary
Psalm 68:35 Lit holy places
Psalm 69 Title Or possibly Lilies
Psalm 69:1 Lit come up to my soul
Psalm 69:2 Lit flowing stream
Psalm 69:4 Or silence
Psalm 69:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 69:8 Lit to
Psalm 69:13 Or the faithfulness of Your salvation
Psalm 69:15 Lit stream
Psalm 69:19 Lit before You
Psalm 69:21 Or poison
Psalm 69:22 Lit for those who are secure
Psalm 69:25 Lit encampment
Psalm 69:26 Lit pierced
Psalm 69:28 Lit written
Psalm 69:29 Or Your salvation, O God, will set...
Psalm 69:32 Some mss and ancient versions will see
Psalm 69:32 Or live
Psalm 69:36 Lit seed
Psalm 70:2 Or soul
Psalm 70:2 Or to injure me
Psalm 70:3 Some mss appalled
Psalm 71:4 Lit palm
Psalm 71:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 71:6 Lit in
Psalm 71:10 Lit with reference to
Psalm 71:10 Lit soul
Psalm 71:13 Lit my injury
Psalm 71:14 Lit add upon all Your praise
Psalm 71:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 71:18 Lit arm
Psalm 71:19 Or And
Psalm 71:19 Lit height
Psalm 71:20 Another reading is us
Psalm 71:20 Another reading is us
Psalm 71:20 Another reading is us
Psalm 71:22 Lit an instrument of a harp
Psalm 71:22 Or faithfulness
Psalm 71:24 Or to injure me
Psalm 72:2 Or He will judge
Psalm 72:2 Many of the pronouns in this Psalm may be rendered He since the typical reference is to the Messiah
Psalm 72:2 Or Your humble
Psalm 72:3 Or The mountains will bring
Psalm 72:3 Or prosperity
Psalm 72:4 Or He will vindicate
Psalm 72:4 Or humble
Psalm 72:5 Or They will fear
Psalm 72:5 Lit before the moon
Psalm 72:6 Or He will come down
Psalm 72:7 Or The righteous will flourish
Psalm 72:9 Or The nomads...will bow
Psalm 72:10 Or The kings...will bring
Psalm 72:10 Or coastlands
Psalm 72:11 Or All kings will bow down
Psalm 72:12 Or humble
Psalm 72:13 Lit souls
Psalm 72:14 Lit redeem
Psalm 72:14 Lit soul
Psalm 72:15 Lit he is to
Psalm 72:15 Lit He is to
Psalm 72:17 Lit before the sun
Psalm 73:2 Lit were caused to slip
Psalm 73:3 Or boasters
Psalm 73:5 Lit in the trouble of people
Psalm 73:7 Lit goes forth
Psalm 73:8 Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression
Psalm 73:9 Or in
Psalm 73:9 Lit walks
Psalm 73:10 Or His
Psalm 73:11 Lit in
Psalm 73:13 Or cleansed my heart
Psalm 73:14 Lit my punishment
Psalm 73:16 Lit labor, trouble
Psalm 73:17 Lit sanctuaries
Psalm 73:18 Or deception
Psalm 73:19 Lit become a desolation
Psalm 73:21 Lit in my kidneys
Psalm 73:22 Lit with You
Psalm 73:24 Or with honor
Psalm 73:26 Lit rock
Psalm 73:27 Lit go to a whoring from
Psalm 73:28 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 74 Title Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 74:1 Or pasturing
Psalm 74:3 Lit Lift Your footsteps
Psalm 74:3 Lit ruins ruined for all time
Psalm 74:5 Lit is known as
Psalm 74:5 Lit thicket
Psalm 74:6 Lit altogether
Psalm 74:7 Lit set on fire
Psalm 74:7 Or To the ground they...
Psalm 74:8 Lit altogether
Psalm 74:8 Or oppress
Psalm 74:13 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:13 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:13 Lit on
Psalm 74:14 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:14 Or sea monster
Psalm 74:14 Lit people
Psalm 74:15 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:15 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:16 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:16 Or luminary
Psalm 74:17 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:17 Or You Yourself
Psalm 74:17 Or formed
Psalm 74:18 Or that the enemy has taunted the Lord
Psalm 74:22 Lit Your reproach from the foolish man
Psalm 75 Title Lit Do Not Destroy
Psalm 75:3 Lit totter
Psalm 75:5 Lit neck
Psalm 75:6 Or mountainous desert
Psalm 75:8 Lit full of mixture
Psalm 75:10 Heb I
Psalm 76:2 Lit shelter
Psalm 76:3 Lit fiery shafts of the bow
Psalm 76:3 Lit battle
Psalm 76:4 Or Majestic from the mountains
Psalm 76:5 Lit They slumbered their sleep
Psalm 76:5 Lit men of might have found their hands
Psalm 76:6 Lit chariot
Psalm 76:7 Lit since Your anger
Psalm 76:10 Lit wraths
Psalm 76:12 Lit awesome to
Psalm 77 Title 1 Chr 16:41
Psalm 77:6 Lit searched
Psalm 77:8 Lit word
Psalm 77:8 Lit from generation to generation
Psalm 77:9 Lit shut up
Psalm 77:10 Or infirmity, the years of the right hand of the Most High
Psalm 77:11 Heb Yah
Psalm 77:15 Lit arm
Psalm 77:17 Lit gave a sound
Psalm 77:17 Lit went
Psalm 78 Title Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 78:1 Or law, teaching
Psalm 78:5 Lit make them known
Psalm 78:8 Or put right
Psalm 78:9 Or being
Psalm 78:11 Or wonderful works
Psalm 78:18 Lit to their soul
Psalm 78:21 Or became infuriated
Psalm 78:24 Lit grain
Psalm 78:25 Lit mighty ones
Psalm 78:25 Or provision
Psalm 78:25 Lit to satiation
Psalm 78:26 Or strength
Psalm 78:28 Lit His
Psalm 78:29 Lit brought to them their
Psalm 78:30 Lit They did not turn away from their
Psalm 78:31 Lit among their fat ones
Psalm 78:31 Lit caused to bow down
Psalm 78:38 Lit covered over, atoned for
Psalm 78:38 Lit turned away
Psalm 78:39 Or breath
Psalm 78:41 Or put God to the test
Psalm 78:42 Lit hand
Psalm 78:47 Lit was killing
Psalm 78:49 Lit angels of evil ones; another reading is evil angels
Psalm 78:54 Lit border, territory
Psalm 78:54 Or mountain
Psalm 78:56 Or put to the test
Psalm 78:59 Or became infuriated
Psalm 78:60 Some ancient versions where He dwelt
Psalm 78:62 Or became infuriated
Psalm 78:63 Or their
Psalm 78:63 Or their
Psalm 78:64 Or their
Psalm 78:64 Or their
Psalm 78:65 Or sobered up from
Psalm 78:66 Lit struck
Psalm 78:71 Lit following
Psalm 78:71 Lit ewes that wet-nurse, He
Psalm 79:1 Lit come into
Psalm 79:7 Lit pasture
Psalm 79:8 Lit remember against us
Psalm 79:8 Or our former sins
Psalm 79:9 Lit cover over, atone for
Psalm 79:11 Lit arm
Psalm 79:11 Lit the sons of death
Psalm 79:13 Or pasturing
Psalm 80 Title Possibly, to the Lilies
Psalm 80 Title Lit A testimony
Psalm 80:3 Or that we may
Psalm 80:4 Lit smoke against
Psalm 80:5 Lit a third part of a
Psalm 80:6 Lit strife to
Psalm 80:7 Or that we may
Psalm 80:8 Or Gentiles
Psalm 80:10 Or its boughs are like the cedars of God
Psalm 80:12 Or walls, fences
Psalm 80:15 Or root
Psalm 80:15 Or figuratively: branch
Psalm 80:15 Or secured
Psalm 80:19 Or that we may
Psalm 81 Title Or according to
Psalm 81:5 Lit went out over
Psalm 81:6 Lit removed his shoulder from
Psalm 81:6 Or brick load
Psalm 81:11 Lit yield to
Psalm 81:12 Lit him
Psalm 81:16 Lit He would feed him
Psalm 81:16 Lit fat
Psalm 82:1 Lit the assembly of God
Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part
Psalm 83:2 Lit lifted up the head
Psalm 83:3 Or consult
Psalm 83:3 Or hidden ones
Psalm 83:4 Lit from
Psalm 83:5 Or consulted
Psalm 83:8 Lit an arm
Psalm 83:13 Or tumbleweed
Psalm 84 Title Or according to
Psalm 84:5 Lit their
Psalm 84:6 Prob. Weeping; or Balsam-shrubs
Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion
Psalm 84:11 Lit with regard to
Psalm 85:5 Lit generation and generation
Psalm 85:6 Or bring to life
Psalm 85:8 Or Let me hear
Psalm 85:8 I.e., foolish self-confidence
Psalm 85:9 Or revere
Psalm 85:10 Or faithfulness
Psalm 85:11 Or Faithfulness
Psalm 86:2 Or life
Psalm 86:10 Or miracles
Psalm 86:13 Lit lowest Sheol
Psalm 86:13 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 86:14 Lit soul
Psalm 86:15 Or faithfulness
Psalm 87:4 I.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
Psalm 87:4 Or as
Psalm 87:4 Or Ethiopia

Psalm 60-74

New International Version

Psalm 60^[a]^(A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam^[b] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim^[c] and Aram Zobah,^[d] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.^(B)

¹You have rejected us,^(C) God, and burst upon us;
    you have been angry^(D)—now restore us!^(E)
²You have shaken the land^(F) and torn it open;
    mend its fractures,^(G) for it is quaking.
³You have shown your people desperate times;^(H)
    you have given us wine that makes us stagger.^(I)
⁴But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner^(J)
    to be unfurled against the bow.^[e]

⁵Save us and help us with your right hand,^(K)
    that those you love^(L) may be delivered.
⁶God has spoken from his sanctuary:
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(M)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(N)
⁷Gilead^(O) is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim^(P) is my helmet,
    Judah^(Q) is my scepter.^(R)
⁸Moab is my washbasin,
    on Edom I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia I shout in triumph.^(S)”

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(T)
¹¹Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(U)
¹²With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down our enemies.^(V)

Psalm 61^[f]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.

¹Hear my cry, O God;^(W)
listen to my prayer.^(X)

²From the ends of the earth I call to you,
    I call as my heart grows faint;^(Y)
    lead me to the rock^(Z) that is higher than I.
³For you have been my refuge,^(AA)
    a strong tower against the foe.^(AB)

⁴I long to dwell^(AC) in your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.^[g]^(AD)
⁵For you, God, have heard my vows;^(AE)
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.^(AF)

⁶Increase the days of the king’s life,^(AG)
his years for many generations.^(AH)
⁷May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever;^(AI)
appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.^(AJ)

⁸Then I will ever sing in praise of your name^(AK)
and fulfill my vows day after day.^(AL)

Psalm 62^[h]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

¹Truly my soul finds rest^(AM) in God;^(AN)
my salvation comes from him.
²Truly he is my rock^(AO) and my salvation;^(AP)
he is my fortress,^(AQ) I will never be shaken.^(AR)

³How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall,^(AS) this tottering fence?
⁴Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.^[i]^(AT)

⁵Yes, my soul, find rest in God;^(AU)
    my hope comes from him.
⁶Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷My salvation and my honor depend on God^[j];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.^(AV)
⁸Trust in him at all times, you people;^(AW)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(AX)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹Surely the lowborn^(AY) are but a breath,^(AZ)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(BA) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
¹⁰Do not trust in extortion^(BB)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;^(BC)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.^(BD)

¹¹One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,^(BE)
¹²    and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;^(BF)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”^(BG)

Psalm 63^[k]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

¹You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,^(BH)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.^(BI)

²I have seen you in the sanctuary^(BJ)
    and beheld your power and your glory.^(BK)
³Because your love is better than life,^(BL)
    my lips will glorify you.
⁴I will praise you as long as I live,^(BM)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.^(BN)
⁵I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;^(BO)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.^(BP)
⁷Because you are my help,^(BQ)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.^(BR)
⁸I cling to you;^(BS)
    your right hand upholds me.^(BT)

⁹Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;^(BU)
they will go down to the depths of the earth.^(BV)
¹⁰They will be given over to the sword^(BW)
and become food for jackals.^(BX)

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,^(BY)
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.^(BZ)

Psalm 64^[l]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;^(CA)
protect my life from the threat of the enemy.^(CB)

²Hide me from the conspiracy^(CC) of the wicked,^(CD)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³They sharpen their tongues like swords^(CE)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(CF)
⁴They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(CG)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(CH)

⁵They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(CI)
    they say, “Who will see it^[m]?”^(CJ)
⁶They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸He will turn their own tongues against them^(CK)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(CL) in scorn.^(CM)
⁹All people will fear;^(CN)
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.^(CO)

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice in the Lord^(CP)
and take refuge in him;^(CQ)
all the upright in heart will glory in him!^(CR)

Psalm 65^[n]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.

¹Praise awaits^[o] you, our God, in Zion;^(CS)
    to you our vows will be fulfilled.^(CT)
²You who answer prayer,
    to you all people will come.^(CU)
³When we were overwhelmed by sins,^(CV)
    you forgave^[p] our transgressions.^(CW)
⁴Blessed are those you choose^(CX)
    and bring near^(CY) to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,^(CZ)
    of your holy temple.

⁵You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,^(DA)
    God our Savior,^(DB)
the hope of all the ends of the earth^(DC)
    and of the farthest seas,^(DD)
⁶who formed the mountains^(DE) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,^(DF)
⁷who stilled the roaring of the seas,^(DG)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^(DH)
⁸The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.^(DI)

⁹You care for the land and water it;^(DJ)
    you enrich it abundantly.^(DK)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,^(DL)
    for so you have ordained it.^[q]
¹⁰You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers^(DM) and bless its crops.
¹¹You crown the year with your bounty,^(DN)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.^(DO)
¹²The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;^(DP)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.^(DQ)
¹³The meadows are covered with flocks^(DR)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;^(DS)
    they shout for joy and sing.^(DT)

Psalm 66

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

¹Shout for joy to God, all the earth!^(DU)
²    Sing the glory of his name;^(DV)
    make his praise glorious.^(DW)
³Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!^(DX)
    So great is your power
    that your enemies cringe^(DY) before you.
⁴All the earth bows down^(DZ) to you;
    they sing praise^(EA) to you,
    they sing the praises of your name.”^[r]

⁵Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds^(EB) for mankind!
⁶He turned the sea into dry land,^(EC)
    they passed through^(ED) the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice^(EE) in him.
⁷He rules forever^(EF) by his power,
    his eyes watch^(EG) the nations—
    let not the rebellious^(EH) rise up against him.

⁸Praise^(EI) our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
⁹he has preserved our lives^(EJ)
    and kept our feet from slipping.^(EK)
¹⁰For you, God, tested^(EL) us;
    you refined us like silver.^(EM)
¹¹You brought us into prison^(EN)
    and laid burdens^(EO) on our backs.
¹²You let people ride over our heads;^(EP)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.^(EQ)

¹³I will come to your temple with burnt offerings^(ER)
    and fulfill my vows^(ES) to you—
¹⁴vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.^(ET)

¹⁶Come and hear,^(EU) all you who fear God;
    let me tell^(EV) you what he has done for me.
¹⁷I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;^(EW)
¹⁹but God has surely listened
    and has heard^(EX) my prayer.
²⁰Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected^(EY) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

Psalm 67^[s]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.

¹May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us—^[t]^(EZ)
²so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation^(FA) among all nations.^(FB)

³May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.^(FC)
⁴May the nations be glad and sing for joy,^(FD)
    for you rule the peoples with equity^(FE)
    and guide the nations of the earth.^(FF)
⁵May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.

⁶The land yields its harvest;^(FG)
God, our God, blesses us.^(FH)
⁷May God bless us still,
so that all the ends of the earth^(FI) will fear him.^(FJ)

Psalm 68^[u]

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

¹May God arise,^(FK) may his enemies be scattered;^(FL)
    may his foes flee^(FM) before him.
²May you blow them away like smoke—^(FN)
    as wax melts^(FO) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish^(FP) before God.
³But may the righteous be glad
    and rejoice^(FQ) before God;
    may they be happy and joyful.

⁴Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^(FR)
    extol him who rides on the clouds^[v]^(FS);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^(FT)
⁵A father to the fatherless,^(FU) a defender of widows,^(FV)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(FW)
⁶God sets the lonely^(FX) in families,^[w]^(FY)
    he leads out the prisoners^(FZ) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(GA)

⁷When you, God, went out^(GB) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,^[x]^(GC)
⁸the earth shook,^(GD) the heavens poured down rain,^(GE)
    before God, the One of Sinai,^(GF)
    before God, the God of Israel.^(GG)
⁹You gave abundant showers,^(GH) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
¹⁰Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,^(GI) God, you provided^(GJ) for the poor.

¹¹The Lord announces the word,
    and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:^(GK)
¹²“Kings and armies flee^(GL) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.^(GM)
¹³Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,^[y]^(GN)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”
¹⁴When the Almighty^[z] scattered^(GO) the kings in the land,
    it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.^(GP)

¹⁵Mount Bashan,^(GQ) majestic mountain,^(GR)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
¹⁶why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses^(GS) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?^(GT)
¹⁷The chariots^(GU) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;^(GV)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.^[aa]
¹⁸When you ascended^(GW) on high,^(GX)
    you took many captives;^(GY)
    you received gifts from people,^(GZ)
even from^[ab] the rebellious^(HA)—
    that you,^[ac] Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^(HB)
    who daily bears our burdens.^(HC)
²⁰Our God is a God who saves;^(HD)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(HE)
²¹Surely God will crush the heads^(HF) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²²The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^(HG)
²³that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^(HH)
    while the tongues of your dogs^(HI) have their share.”

²⁴Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(HJ)
²⁵In front are the singers,^(HK) after them the musicians;^(HL)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(HM)
²⁶Praise God in the great congregation;^(HN)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^(HO)
²⁷There is the little tribe^(HP) of Benjamin,^(HQ) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^(HR)

²⁸Summon your power,^(HS) God^[ad];
    show us your strength,^(HT) our God, as you have done^(HU) before.
²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.^(HV)
³⁰Rebuke the beast^(HW) among the reeds,^(HX)
    the herd of bulls^(HY) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations^(HZ) who delight in war.^(IA)
³¹Envoys will come from Egypt;^(IB)
    Cush^[ae]^(IC) will submit herself to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,^(ID)
    sing praise^(IE) to the Lord,
³³to him who rides^(IF) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
    who thunders^(IG) with mighty voice.^(IH)
³⁴Proclaim the power^(II) of God,
    whose majesty^(IJ) is over Israel,
    whose power is in the heavens.
³⁵You, God, are awesome^(IK) in your sanctuary;^(IL)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength^(IM) to his people.^(IN)

Praise be to God!^(IO)

Psalm 69^[af]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

¹Save me, O God,
    for the waters^(IP) have come up to my neck.^(IQ)
²I sink in the miry depths,^(IR)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.
³I am worn out calling for help;^(IS)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,^(IT)
    looking for my God.
⁴Those who hate me^(IU) without reason^(IV)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,^(IW)
    those who seek to destroy me.^(IX)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

⁵You, God, know my folly;^(IY)
my guilt is not hidden from you.^(IZ)

⁶Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
⁷For I endure scorn^(JA) for your sake,^(JB)
    and shame covers my face.^(JC)
⁸I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(JD)
⁹for zeal for your house consumes me,^(JE)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(JF)
¹⁰When I weep and fast,^(JG)
    I must endure scorn;
¹¹when I put on sackcloth,^(JH)
    people make sport of me.
¹²Those who sit at the gate^(JI) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(JJ)

¹³But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;^(JK)
in your great love,^(JL) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
¹⁴Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(JM)
¹⁵Do not let the floodwaters^(JN) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(JO)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(JP)

¹⁶Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(JQ)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷Do not hide your face^(JR) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(JS) for I am in trouble.^(JT)
¹⁸Come near and rescue me;
    deliver^(JU) me because of my foes.

¹⁹You know how I am scorned,^(JV) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
²⁰Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,^(JW) but I found none.^(JX)
²¹They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar^(JY) for my thirst.^(JZ)

²²May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and^[ag] a trap.^(KA)
²³May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(KB)
²⁴Pour out your wrath^(KC) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵May their place be deserted;^(KD)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(KE)
²⁶For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(KF)
²⁷Charge them with crime upon crime;^(KG)
    do not let them share in your salvation.^(KH)
²⁸May they be blotted out of the book of life^(KI)
    and not be listed with the righteous.^(KJ)

²⁹But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
may your salvation, God, protect me.^(KK)

³⁰I will praise God’s name in song^(KL)
    and glorify him^(KM) with thanksgiving.
³¹This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(KN)
³²The poor will see and be glad^(KO)—
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!^(KP)
³³The Lord hears the needy^(KQ)
    and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,^(KR)
³⁵for God will save Zion^(KS)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.^(KT)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
³⁶    the children of his servants will inherit it,^(KU)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.^(KV)

Psalm 70^[ah]^(KW)

For the director of music. Of David. A petition.

¹Hasten, O God, to save me;
come quickly, Lord, to help me.^(KX)

²May those who want to take my life^(KY)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.^(KZ)
³May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(LA)
    turn back because of their shame.
⁴But may all who seek you^(LB)
    rejoice and be glad^(LC) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”^(LD)

⁵But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(LE)
come quickly to me,^(LF) O God.
You are my help^(LG) and my deliverer;^(LH)
Lord, do not delay.^(LI)

Psalm 71^(LJ)

¹In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;^(LK)
    let me never be put to shame.^(LL)
²In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear^(LM) to me and save me.
³Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.^(LN)
⁴Deliver^(LO) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,^(LP)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.^(LQ)

⁵For you have been my hope,^(LR) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence^(LS) since my youth.
⁶From birth^(LT) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.^(LU)
    I will ever praise^(LV) you.
⁷I have become a sign^(LW) to many;
    you are my strong refuge.^(LX)
⁸My mouth^(LY) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor^(LZ) all day long.

⁹Do not cast^(MA) me away when I am old;^(MB)
    do not forsake^(MC) me when my strength is gone.
¹⁰For my enemies^(MD) speak against me;
    those who wait to kill^(ME) me conspire^(MF) together.
¹¹They say, “God has forsaken^(MG) him;
    pursue him and seize him,
    for no one will rescue^(MH) him.”
¹²Do not be far^(MI) from me, my God;
    come quickly, God, to help^(MJ) me.
¹³May my accusers^(MK) perish in shame;^(ML)
    may those who want to harm me
    be covered with scorn and disgrace.^(MM)

¹⁴As for me, I will always have hope;^(MN)
I will praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell^(MO) of your righteous deeds,^(MP)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.
¹⁶I will come and proclaim your mighty acts,^(MQ) Sovereign Lord;
    I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
¹⁷Since my youth, God, you have taught^(MR) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.^(MS)
¹⁸Even when I am old and gray,^(MT)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power^(MU) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.^(MV)

¹⁹Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,^(MW)
    you who have done great things.^(MX)
    Who is like you, God?^(MY)
²⁰Though you have made me see troubles,^(MZ)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore^(NA) my life again;
from the depths of the earth^(NB)
    you will again bring me up.
²¹You will increase my honor^(NC)
    and comfort^(ND) me once more.

²²I will praise you with the harp^(NE)
    for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,^(NF)
    Holy One of Israel.^(NG)
²³My lips will shout for joy^(NH)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.^(NI)
²⁴My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,^(NJ)
for those who wanted to harm me^(NK)
    have been put to shame and confusion.^(NL)

Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

¹Endow the king with your justice,^(NM) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
²May he judge your people in righteousness,^(NN)
your afflicted ones with justice.

³May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
⁴May he defend the afflicted^(NO) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;^(NP)
    may he crush the oppressor.^(NQ)
⁵May he endure^[ai]^(NR) as long as the sun,
    as long as the moon, through all generations.^(NS)
⁶May he be like rain^(NT) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.
⁷In his days may the righteous flourish^(NU)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River^[aj]^(NV) to the ends of the earth.^(NW)
⁹May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish^(NX) and of distant shores^(NY)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba^(NZ) and Seba
    present him gifts.^(OA)
¹¹May all kings bow down^(OB) to him
    and all nations serve^(OC) him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
¹³He will take pity^(OD) on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.
¹⁴He will rescue^(OE) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious^(OF) is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba^(OG) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.^(OH)
¹⁶May grain^(OI) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(OJ) flourish like Lebanon^(OK)
    and thrive^[ak] like the grass of the field.^(OL)
¹⁷May his name endure forever;^(OM)
    may it continue as long as the sun.^(ON)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[al]
and they will call him blessed.^(OO)

¹⁸Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(OP)
who alone does marvelous deeds.^(OQ)
¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name^(OR) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(OS)
Amen and Amen.^(OT)

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.^(OU)

BOOK III

Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A psalm of Asaph.

¹Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.^(OV)

²But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;^(OW)
I had nearly lost my foothold.^(OX)
³For I envied^(OY) the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.^(OZ)

⁴They have no struggles;
    their bodies are healthy and strong.^[am]
⁵They are free^(PA) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.
⁶Therefore pride^(PB) is their necklace;^(PC)
    they clothe themselves with violence.^(PD)
⁷From their callous hearts^(PE) comes iniquity^[an];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.
⁸They scoff, and speak with malice;^(PF)
    with arrogance^(PG) they threaten oppression.^(PH)
⁹Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.
¹⁰Therefore their people turn to them
    and drink up waters in abundance.^[ao]
¹¹They say, “How would God know?
    Does the Most High know anything?”

¹²This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care,^(PI) they go on amassing wealth.^(PJ)

¹³Surely in vain^(PK) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.^(PL)
¹⁴All day long I have been afflicted,^(PM)
and every morning brings new punishments.

¹⁵If I had spoken out like that,
    I would have betrayed your children.
¹⁶When I tried to understand^(PN) all this,
    it troubled me deeply
¹⁷till I entered the sanctuary^(PO) of God;
    then I understood their final destiny.^(PP)

¹⁸Surely you place them on slippery ground;^(PQ)
    you cast them down to ruin.^(PR)
¹⁹How suddenly^(PS) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away^(PT) by terrors!
²⁰They are like a dream^(PU) when one awakes;^(PV)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.^(PW)

²¹When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
²²I was senseless^(PX) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast^(PY) before you.

²³Yet I am always with you;
    you hold me by my right hand.^(PZ)
²⁴You guide^(QA) me with your counsel,^(QB)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.
²⁵Whom have I in heaven but you?^(QC)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.^(QD)
²⁶My flesh and my heart^(QE) may fail,^(QF)
    but God is the strength^(QG) of my heart
    and my portion^(QH) forever.

²⁷Those who are far from you will perish;^(QI)
    you destroy all who are unfaithful^(QJ) to you.
²⁸But as for me, it is good to be near God.^(QK)
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;^(QL)
    I will tell of all your deeds.^(QM)

Psalm 74

A maskil^[ap] of Asaph.

¹O God, why have you rejected^(QN) us forever?^(QO)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?^(QP)
²Remember the nation you purchased^(QQ) long ago,^(QR)
    the people of your inheritance,^(QS) whom you redeemed^(QT)—
    Mount Zion,^(QU) where you dwelt.^(QV)
³Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,^(QW)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

⁴Your foes roared^(QX) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards^(QY) as signs.
⁵They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.^(QZ)
⁶They smashed all the carved^(RA) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
⁷They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled^(RB) the dwelling place^(RC) of your Name.^(RD)
⁸They said in their hearts, “We will crush^(RE) them completely!”
    They burned^(RF) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

⁹We are given no signs from God;^(RG)
no prophets^(RH) are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.

Footnotes

Psalm 60:1 In Hebrew texts 60:1-12 is numbered 60:3-14.
Psalm 60:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia
Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria
Psalm 60:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 61:1 In Hebrew texts 61:1-8 is numbered 61:2-9.
Psalm 61:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 62:1 In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13.
Psalm 62:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
Psalm 62:7 Or / God Most High is my salvation and my honor
Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.
Psalm 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.
Psalm 64:5 Or us
Psalm 65:1 In Hebrew texts 65:1-13 is numbered 65:2-14.
Psalm 65:1 Or befits; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Psalm 65:3 Or made atonement for
Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land
Psalm 66:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.
Psalm 67:1 In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.
Psalm 67:1 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.
Psalm 68:1 In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.
Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland
Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.
Psalm 68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
Psalm 68:14 Hebrew Shaddai
Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness
Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
Psalm 68:18 Or they
Psalm 68:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you
Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region
Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become
Psalm 70:1 In Hebrew texts 70:1-5 is numbered 70:2-6.
Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)
Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 60-87 New American Standard Bible

Grieving over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help.

For the music director; according to [a]Shushan Eduth. A [b]Mikhtam of David, to teach; [c]when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

Confidence in God’s Protection.

For the music director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.

God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression.

For the music director; [r]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.

A Psalm of David, [v]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Mankind.

For the music director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Praise for God’s Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer.

For the music director. A Song. A Psalm.

The Nations Exhorted to Praise God.

For the music director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

The God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary.

For the music director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.

For the music director; according to [cz]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

For the music director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

The Reign of the Righteous King.

A Psalm of Solomon.

BOOK 3

The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.

A Psalm of Asaph.

An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

A [gc]Maskil of Asaph.

God Humbles the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous.

For the music director; set to [hc]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

The Victorious Power of the God of Jacob.

For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God’s Mighty Deeds.

For the music director; [hs]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

A [ic]Maskil of Asaph.

Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the music director; set to [jx]El Shoshannim; [jy]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.

For the music director; [kl]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the music director; [lc]on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Pleading and Trust.

A Prayer of David.

The Privileges of Citizenship in Zion.

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

Footnotes

Cross references

Psalm 60-74 New International Version

Psalm 60[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam[b] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim[c] and Aram Zobah,[d] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.(B)

Psalm 61[f]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.

Psalm 62[h]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Psalm 63[k]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

Psalm 64[l]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

Psalm 65[n]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.

Psalm 66

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

Psalm 67[s]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.

Psalm 68[u]

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

Psalm 69[af]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Psalm 60-87

New American Standard Bible

For the music director; according to ^[a]Shushan Eduth. A ^[b]Mikhtam of David, to teach; ^[c]when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

For the music director; ^[r]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

A Psalm of David, ^[v]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

For the music director; according to ^[cz]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

A ^[gc]Maskil of Asaph.

For the music director; set to ^[hc]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

For the music director; ^[hs]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

A ^[ic]Maskil of Asaph.

For the music director; set to ^[jx]El Shoshannim; ^[jy]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

For the music director; ^[kl]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

For the music director; ^[lc]on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Psalm 60-74

New International Version

Psalm 60^[a]^(A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam^[b] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim^[c] and Aram Zobah,^[d] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.^(B)

Psalm 61^[f]

Psalm 62^[h]

Psalm 63^[k]

Psalm 64^[l]

Psalm 65^[n]

Psalm 67^[s]

Psalm 68^[u]

Psalm 69^[af]

Psalm 70^[ah]^(KW)

Psalm 71^(LJ)

A maskil^[ap] of Asaph.