Psalms:81-88
nkjv@Psalms:81:1 @ Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
nkjv@Psalms:81:2 @ Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.
nkjv@Psalms:81:3 @ Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
nkjv@Psalms:81:4 @ For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.
nkjv@Psalms:81:5 @ This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand.
nkjv@Psalms:81:6 @ "I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.
nkjv@Psalms: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
nkjv@Psalms:81:8 @ "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
nkjv@Psalms:81:9 @ There shall be no foreign god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
nkjv@Psalms:81:10 @ I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
nkjv@Psalms:81:11 @ "But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me.
nkjv@Psalms:81:12 @ So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.
nkjv@Psalms:81:13 @ "Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
nkjv@Psalms:81:14 @ I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.
nkjv@Psalms:81:15 @ The haters of the LORD would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.
nkjv@Psalms:81:16 @ He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you."
nkjv@Psalms:82:1 @ God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.
nkjv@Psalms:82:2 @ How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?Selah
nkjv@Psalms:82:3 @ Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
nkjv@Psalms:82:4 @ Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked.
nkjv@Psalms:82:5 @ They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable.
nkjv@Psalms:82:6 @ I said, "You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.
nkjv@Psalms:82:7 @ But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes."
nkjv@Psalms:82:8 @ Arise, O God, judge the earth; For You shall inherit all nations.
nkjv@Psalms:83:1 @ Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!
nkjv@Psalms:83:2 @ For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
nkjv@Psalms:83:3 @ They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
nkjv@Psalms:83:4 @ They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
nkjv@Psalms:83:5 @ For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:
nkjv@Psalms:83:6 @ The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;
nkjv@Psalms:83:7 @ Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
nkjv@Psalms:83:8 @ Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot.Selah
nkjv@Psalms:83:9 @ Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
nkjv@Psalms:83:10 @ Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.
nkjv@Psalms:83:11 @ Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
nkjv@Psalms:83:12 @ Who said, "Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession."
nkjv@Psalms:83:13 @ O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!
nkjv@Psalms:83:14 @ As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
nkjv@Psalms:83:15 @ So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
nkjv@Psalms:83:16 @ Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD.
nkjv@Psalms:83:17 @ Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
nkjv@Psalms:83:18 @ That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.
nkjv@Psalms:84:1 @ How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts!
nkjv@Psalms:84:2 @ My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
nkjv@Psalms:84:3 @ Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young-- Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.
nkjv@Psalms:84:4 @ Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You.Selah
nkjv@Psalms:84:5 @ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
nkjv@Psalms:84:6 @ As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.
nkjv@Psalms:84:7 @ They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.
nkjv@Psalms:84:8 @ O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob!Selah
nkjv@Psalms:84:9 @ O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.
nkjv@Psalms:84:10 @ For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
nkjv@Psalms:84:11 @ For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
nkjv@Psalms:84:12 @ O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
nkjv@Psalms:85:1 @ LORD, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
nkjv@Psalms:85:2 @ You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin.Selah
nkjv@Psalms:85:3 @ You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
nkjv@Psalms:85:4 @ Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
nkjv@Psalms:85:5 @ Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
nkjv@Psalms:85:6 @ Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?
nkjv@Psalms:85:7 @ Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation.
nkjv@Psalms:85:8 @ I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.
nkjv@Psalms:85:9 @ Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.
nkjv@Psalms:85:10 @ Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.
nkjv@Psalms:85:11 @ Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
nkjv@Psalms:85:12 @ Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase.
nkjv@Psalms:85:13 @ Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.
nkjv@Psalms:86:1 @ Bow down Your ear, O LORD, hear me; For I am poor and needy.
nkjv@Psalms:86:2 @ Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; Save Your servant who trusts in You!
nkjv@Psalms:86:3 @ Be merciful to me, O Lord, For I cry to You all day long.
nkjv@Psalms:86:4 @ Rejoice the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
nkjv@Psalms:86:5 @ For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
nkjv@Psalms:86:6 @ Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; And attend to the voice of my supplications.
nkjv@Psalms:86:7 @ In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.
nkjv@Psalms:86:8 @ Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works.
nkjv@Psalms:86:9 @ All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name.
nkjv@Psalms:86:10 @ For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
nkjv@Psalms:86:11 @ Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.
nkjv@Psalms:86:12 @ I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
nkjv@Psalms:86:13 @ For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
nkjv@Psalms:86:14 @ O God, the proud have risen against me, And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them.
nkjv@Psalms:86:15 @ But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
nkjv@Psalms:86:16 @ Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant.
nkjv@Psalms:86:17 @ Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
nkjv@Psalms:87:1 @ His foundation is in the holy mountains.
nkjv@Psalms:87:2 @ The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
nkjv@Psalms:87:3 @ Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God!Selah
nkjv@Psalms:87:4 @ "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me; Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: "This one was born there.'
nkjv@Psalms:87:5 @ And of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her; And the Most High Himself shall establish her."
nkjv@Psalms:87:6 @ The LORD will record, When He registers the peoples: "This one was born there."Selah
nkjv@Psalms:87:7 @ Both the singers and the players on instruments say, "All my springs are in you."
nkjv@Psalms:88:1 @ O LORD, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.
nkjv@Psalms:88:2 @ Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry.
nkjv@Psalms:88:3 @ For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave.
nkjv@Psalms:88:4 @ I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength,
nkjv@Psalms:88:5 @ Adrift among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And who are cut off from Your hand.
nkjv@Psalms:88:6 @ You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.
nkjv@Psalms:88:7 @ Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves.Selah
nkjv@Psalms:88:8 @ You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
nkjv@Psalms:88:9 @ My eye wastes away because of affliction. LORD, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.
nkjv@Psalms:88:10 @ Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You?Selah
nkjv@Psalms:88:11 @ Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
nkjv@Psalms:88:12 @ Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
nkjv@Psalms:88:13 @ But to You I have cried out, O LORD, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
nkjv@Psalms:88:14 @ LORD, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
nkjv@Psalms:88:15 @ I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.
nkjv@Psalms:88:16 @ Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.
nkjv@Psalms:88:17 @ They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.
nkjv@Psalms:88:18 @ Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.
nkjv@Psalms:89:1 @ I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
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