Psalm 81
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.
[81:1] Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! [81:2] Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. [81:3] Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. [81:4] For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. [81:5] He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know. [81:6] "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. [81:7] You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah. [81:8] "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! [81:9] There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. [81:10] I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. [81:11] But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. [81:12] So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels. [81:13] Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! [81:14] I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. [81:15] The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. [81:16] But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
Psalm 82
A Psalm by Asaph.
[82:1] God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. [82:2] "How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah. [82:3] "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. [82:4] Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked." [82:5] They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. [82:6] I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High. [82:7] Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers." [82:8] Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.
Psalm 83
A song. A Psalm by Asaph.
[83:1] God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God. [83:2] For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. [83:3] They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. [83:4] "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more." [83:5] For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you. [83:6] The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; [83:7] Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; [83:8] Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah. [83:9] Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; [83:10] who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth. [83:11] Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; [83:12] who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands." [83:13] My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind. [83:14] As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, [83:15] so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm. [83:16] Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh. [83:17] Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish; [83:18] that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.