Psalm 81-83

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Psalm 81-83

1Sing for joy to God our strength;
make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine,
play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,
and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph
when he went out over the land of Egypt,
where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden;
his hands were freed from the basket.
7You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the cloud of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:
O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9There must be no strange god among you,
nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10I am the LORD your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth,
and I will fill it.
11But My people would not listen to Me,
and Israel would not obey Me.
12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13If only My people would listen to Me,
if Israel would follow My ways,
14how soon I would subdue their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes!
15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience,
and their doom would last forever.
16But I would feed you the finest wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
1God presides in the divine assembly;
He renders judgment among the gods:
2“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?
3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
4Rescue the weak and needy;
save them from the hand of the wicked.
5They do not know or understand;
they wander in the darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6I have said, ‘You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7But like mortals you will die,
and like rulers you will fall.”
8Arise, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are Your inheritance.
1O God, be not silent; be not speechless;
be not still, O God.
2See how Your enemies rage,
how Your foes have reared their heads.
3With cunning they scheme against Your people
and conspire against those You cherish,
4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation;
may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5For with one mind they plot together,
they form an alliance against You —
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites,
7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8Even Assyria has joined them,
lending strength to the sons of Lot.
9Do to them as You did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10who perished at Endor
and became like dung on the ground.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
the pastures of God.”
13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,
like chaff before the wind.
14As fire consumes a forest,
as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15so pursue them with Your tempest,
and terrify them with Your storm.
16Cover their faces with shame,
that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17May they be ever ashamed and terrified;
may they perish in disgrace.
18May they know that You alone,
whose name is the LORD,
are Most High over all the earth.
— Psalm 81-83

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