Psalm 83-89

New International Version

⁵ With one mind they plot together;^(I)
    they form an alliance against you—
⁶ the tents of Edom^(J) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab^(K) and the Hagrites,^(L)
7 Byblos,^(M) Ammon^(N) and Amalek,^(O)
    Philistia,^(P) with the people of Tyre.^(Q)
8 Even Assyria^(R) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.^[b](S)

⁹ Do to them as you did to Midian,^(T)
    as you did to Sisera^(U) and Jabin^(V) at the river Kishon,^(W)
10 who perished at Endor^(X)
    and became like dung^(Y) on the ground.
¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(Z)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(AA)
12 who said, “Let us take possession^(AB)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff^(AC) before the wind.
¹⁴ As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,^(AD)
15 so pursue them with your tempest^(AE)
    and terrify them with your storm.^(AF)
16 Cover their faces with shame,^(AG) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

¹⁷ May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;^(AH)
    may they perish in disgrace.^(AI)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord^(AJ)—
    that you alone are the Most High^(AK) over all the earth.^(AL)

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength^(AT) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(AU)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(AV)
    the autumn^(AW) rains also cover it with pools.^[f]
7 They go from strength to strength,^(AX)
    till each appears^(AY) before God in Zion.^(AZ)

⁸ Hear my prayer,^(BA) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
⁹ Look on our shield,^[g](BB) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.^(BC)

¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(BD) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun^(BE) and shield;^(BF)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold^(BG)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

¹² Lord Almighty,
    blessed^(BH) is the one who trusts in you.

⁴ Restore^(BN) us again, God our Savior,^(BO)
    and put away your displeasure toward us.
⁵ Will you be angry with us forever?^(BP)
    Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
⁶ Will you not revive^(BQ) us again,
    that your people may rejoice^(BR) in you?
⁷ Show us your unfailing love,^(BS) Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.^(BT)

⁸ I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace^(BU) to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.^(BV)
9 Surely his salvation^(BW) is near those who fear him,
    that his glory^(BX) may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Love and faithfulness^(BY) meet together;
    righteousness^(BZ) and peace kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness^(CA) looks down from heaven.
¹² The Lord will indeed give what is good,^(CB)
    and our land will yield^(CC) its harvest.
¹³ Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

⁵ You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love^(CI) to all who call to you.
⁶ Hear my prayer, Lord;
    listen to my cry^(CJ) for mercy.
⁷ When I am in distress,^(CK) I call^(CL) to you,
    because you answer^(CM) me.

⁸ Among the gods^(CN) there is none like you,^(CO) Lord;
    no deeds can compare with yours.
⁹ All the nations you have made
    will come^(CP) and worship^(CQ) before you, Lord;
    they will bring glory^(CR) to your name.
¹⁰ For you are great^(CS) and do marvelous deeds;^(CT)
    you alone^(CU) are God.

¹¹ Teach me your way,^(CV) Lord,
    that I may rely on your faithfulness;^(CW)
give me an undivided^(CX) heart,
    that I may fear^(CY) your name.
¹² I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;^(CZ)
    I will glorify your name forever.
¹³ For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me^(DA) from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.^(DB)

¹⁴ Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God;
    ruthless people are trying to kill me—
    they have no regard for you.^(DC)
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious^(DD) God,
    slow to anger,^(DE) abounding^(DF) in love and faithfulness.^(DG)
16 Turn to me^(DH) and have mercy^(DI) on me;
    show your strength^(DJ) in behalf of your servant;
save me, because I serve you
    just as my mother did.^(DK)
17 Give me a sign^(DL) of your goodness,
    that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
    for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

³ Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:^[j](DO)
4 “I will record Rahab^[k](DP) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia^(DQ) too, and Tyre^(DR), along with Cush^[l]—
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”^[m](DS)
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will write in the register^(DT) of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

⁷ As they make music^(DU) they will sing,
    “All my fountains^(DV) are in you.”

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(DY)
    and my life draws near to death.^(DZ)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(EA)
    I am like one without strength.^(EB)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(EC) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(ED)
7 Your wrath^(EE) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[q](EF)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(EG)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(EH) and cannot escape;^(EI)
9     my eyes^(EJ) are dim with grief.

I call^(EK) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(EL) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(EM)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(EN) in Destruction^[r]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(EO) Lord;
    in the morning^(EP) my prayer comes before you.^(EQ)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(ER) me
    and hide your face^(ES) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(ET) I have suffered^(EU) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(EV) and am in despair.^(EW)
16 Your wrath^(EX) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(EY) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(EZ)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(FA) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

⁵ The heavens^(FF) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(FG) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(FH)
7 In the council^(FI) of the holy ones^(FJ) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(FK)
8 Who is like you,^(FL) Lord God Almighty?^(FM)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(FN)
10 You crushed Rahab^(FO) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(FP) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(FQ) and yours also the earth;^(FR)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(FS)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(FT) and Hermon^(FU) sing for joy^(FV) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(FW)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(FX)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(FY)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(FZ) in the light^(GA) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(GB) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(GC)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[v](GD)
18 Indeed, our shield^[w](GE) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(GF) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(GG) my servant;^(GH)
    with my sacred oil^(GI) I have anointed^(GJ) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(GK)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(GL)
    the wicked will not oppress^(GM) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(GN)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(GO)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(GP)
    and through my name his horn^[x] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(GQ)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(GR)
    my God, the Rock^(GS) my Savior.’^(GT)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(GU)
    the most exalted^(GV) of the kings^(GW) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(GX)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(GY)

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(GZ)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(HA)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(HB)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(HC)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(HD)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(HE) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(HF)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(HG)
    and reduced his strongholds^(HH) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(HI) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(HJ)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(HK)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(HL)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(HM) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(HN)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(HO)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(HP)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?^(HQ)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[y] been mocked,^(HR)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(HS)

⁵² Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.^(HT)