Psalm 82-84

New International Version

² “How long will you^[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality^(C) to the wicked?^[b](D)
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(F) and the oppressed.
⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵ “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(G)
    They walk about in darkness;^(H)
    all the foundations^(I) of the earth are shaken.

⁶ “I said, ‘You are “gods”;^(J)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
⁷ But you will die^(K) like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

⁸ Rise up,^(L) O God, judge^(M) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.^(N)

⁵ With one mind they plot together;^(W)
    they form an alliance against you—
⁶ the tents of Edom^(X) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab^(Y) and the Hagrites,^(Z)
7 Byblos,^(AA) Ammon^(AB) and Amalek,^(AC)
    Philistia,^(AD) with the people of Tyre.^(AE)
8 Even Assyria^(AF) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.^[d](AG)

⁹ Do to them as you did to Midian,^(AH)
    as you did to Sisera^(AI) and Jabin^(AJ) at the river Kishon,^(AK)
10 who perished at Endor^(AL)
    and became like dung^(AM) on the ground.
¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(AN)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(AO)
12 who said, “Let us take possession^(AP)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

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

¹⁷ May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;^(AV)
    may they perish in disgrace.^(AW)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord^(AX)—
    that you alone are the Most High^(AY) over all the earth.^(AZ)

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength^(BH) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(BI)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(BJ)
    the autumn^(BK) rains also cover it with pools.^[h]
7 They go from strength to strength,^(BL)
    till each appears^(BM) before God in Zion.^(BN)

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

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

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