Psalm 111

Praise be to Jehovah! --- Heartily will I give him thanks
Whenever good men gather, in private or in public.
Wondrous and awesome are Jehovah's many works and deeds,
A source of much delight to those who will examine them,
For there is glory in them and majesty and beauty.
His justice is everlasting; his mercy, eternal.
His miracles are memorials; he has made them so,
To remind us of his grace, his mercy, and compassion.
Food and sustenance he provides to those who revere him.
For all time will he remember the contract he has made.
To his chosen people he proved his power and his might
By turning over to them the lands of other peoples.
His handiwork is sound and true, his precepts are certain,
Made with integrity, enacted with fidelity,
Devised to last ages, destined to endure forever.
He redeemed his people by freeing them from their bondage
And assuring them his promise would be forever kept.
How his reputation commands our reverence and awe!

Respect for the divine is the well-spring of all wisdom.
By following divine law one gains understanding.

May the praise of Jehovah last forever and ever!

Psalm 110

A Psalm of David

Jehovah bid my master, “Sit at my right hand,
Until I will make your enemies your footstool.”
Jehovah will extend your scepter from Zion,
And you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
Your troops will be ready on the day of battle.
Arrayed in the magnificence of holiness,
From the womb of dawn, they are like the morning     dew.
Jehovah has sworn and will not go back on his word,
“Forever you are a priest, like Melchizedek.”

God the Master will stand at your right hand.
He will strike down kings on the day of his wrath.
He will pass judgment on the heathen nations,
Filling their lands with bodies of the dead
And crushing rulers throughout the whole earth.
He will take a drink from the wayside brook,
And, because of it, hold his head up high.

Psalm 106

Hallelujah, give thanks to Jehovah!
He is good, and his mercy endures always.
Who can proclaim the great deeds of Jehovah
Or give to him his full measure of praise?

Blessed are they who uphold justice
And practice righteousness at all times.
Please remember me, O Jehovah.
When you give favor to your people,
Come to me with your salvation
That I may know the prosperity
Of those who are your chosen ones,
Share in the gladness of your nation,
And celebrate your inheritance.
We have sinned as our fathers have.
We have done wrong, acted wickedly.
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
Understood not your miracles,
Remembered not your acts of mercy,
But rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.

Yet he saved them for the sake of his name,
That he might make his mighty power known.
He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up;
He led them through its deeps as through a desert.
From the power of their foe he saved them;
From their enemy’s might he rescued them.
The waters covered their adversaries,
So that not one of them was left alive.
Then they believed his word and sang his praise.
But quickly did they forget what he had done
And waited not for his plans to be fulfilled.
In the wilderness they gave way to their lusts;
In the desert they tested God’s patience.
He relented and gave them what they wanted —
But sent them a debilitating disease.
In camp they envied Moses and Aaron,
Who were consecrated by Jehovah.
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
It covered the company of Abiram.
A fire broke out amid their assembly
And conflagration consumed the wicked.
At Mount Sinai the people made a calf
And worshiped an idol cast of metal.
They traded the magnificence of their god
For an image of a grass-eating bull.
They forgot the god who was their savior,
Who had achieved such great things in Egypt,
Wondrous miracles in the land of Ham,
And awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.
He would have wiped them out had not Moses,
His chosen one, stood before him in the breach,
Averting the wrath that would have destroyed them.
They refused to enter the pleasing land,
Having no faith in the promise he gave them.
Instead they groused and grumbled in their tents
And did not obey the voice of Jehovah.
He lifted up his hand and swore an oath
That he would let them perish in the desert,
Disperse their offspring among foreign nations,
And scatter them throughout the lands of the earth.
They devoted themselves to the baal of Peor
And ate sacrifices made to dead gods.
They aroused the anger of Jehovah
With these acts, and a plague broke out among them.
But Phinehas made a stand and intervened.
The plague was suppressed and he was honored
For his righteousness through the generations.
They, as well, at the waters of Meribah,
Did provoke the anger of Jehovah,
And trouble came to Moses because of them:
Their rebellion made him lose his temper 
And he berated them with rash language.
They did not destroy the heathen nations
As Jehovah commanded them to do;
Instead they mingled with other peoples
And they adopted their pagan customs,
Being tricked into worshiping their idols
And sacrificing their sons and daughters
To be slaughtered before devilish idols.
They shed innocent blood, even the blood
Of their sons and daughters they sacrificed,
So that the land was poluted with their blood.
They defiled themselves with their practices
And prostituted themselves by their acts.
Thus Jehovah was angry with his people
And came to abhor his own inheritance.
He delivered them to heathen nations
To have those who hate them rule over them.
Their foes oppressed and crushed them with their power.
Many times he rescued them, but they rebelled
And were sunk by their own iniquity.
Nevertheless, he took note of their distress
Whenever he did hear their cries for help.
For their sake he remembered his covenant
And because of his kindness, he relented.
He caused their captors to treat them with mercy.

Rescue us, Jehovah, our god!
Bring us back from heathen nations
That we may thank your holy name
And glory in your song of praise.

Blessed is Jehovah, god of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Let all proclaim, “Amen!” and “Hallelujah!”

Psalm 99

Jehovah reigns, let the peoples tremble.
He sits on his throne beneath the cherubim.
Let the earth quake.  In Zion Jehovah
Is great, exalted above all peoples.
They praise your name as great, awesome, and holy.
The “King” is mighty and loves what is right.
He has established justice in Jacob’s land
And has dispensed divine law objectively.

Exalt and extol Jehovah our god.
Worship at his footstool, for he is holy.
Moses and Aaron were among his priests.
Samuel was among those who called on his name.
They called to Jehovah and he answered them.
He spoke to them from a pillar-shaped cloud.
They kept the laws and decrees he gave them.
Jehovah, our god, you answered their prayers.
To Israel you were a forgiving god,
But an avenger of their wicked plots.

Give praise to Jehovah, our god,
Worship him at his holy mount,
For Jehovah, our god, is holy.

Psalm 98

Sing to Jehovah a new song,
For he has accomplished wonders.
His right hand and arm of holiness
Have achieved his deliverance.
Jehovah proclaimed his salvation
And has revealed his righteousness
In the sight of foreign nations.
He has remembered his mercy
And his faithfulness to Israel.
Every corner of the earth
Has seen the salvation of our god.

Shout joyfully to Jehovah.
All the earth, break out in song.
Cry aloud and sing his praises.
With the harp play music of praise
To Jehovah, and with the lyre
Sing to him melodious songs.
With trumpets and blasts of the shofar
Shout out with a jubilant noise
In front of the king, Jehovah.
Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
The earth and all who live on it.
Let the rivers clap their hands in glee
And the hills sing for joy together.
Let them sing before Jehovah
For he is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And its people with equity.

Psalm 97

Jehovah reigns, let the world rejoice,
Let the farthest shores be gladdened.

Storm clouds and darkness circle round him.
Righteousness and his divine law
Are the foundation of his throne.
A conflagration precedes him
And consumes his foes on all sides.
His lightning illuminates the world:
The earth sees it and shakes with fear.
The mountains melt away like wax
In the presence of Jehovah,
Who is master of the whole earth.
The heavens proclaim his righteousness;
All peoples have witnessed his glory.
All who serve images are shamed,
Those who adore worthless idols,
All you gods must bow down to him!

Jerusalem has heard and rejoices,
And the villages of Judah exult
Because of your judgments, O Jehovah.
For you are the most high over all the earth,
Exalted far above all other gods.
Let those who love Jehovah hate evil.
He protects the lives of those who are pious,
And saves them from the hands of the wicked.

A light will shine upon the righteous
And gladness upon the pure of heart.

Rejoice in Jehovah, you righteous ones,
And give thanks to honor his holiness.

Psalm 96

Sing to Jehovah a new song.
Sing to Jehovah, all the world.
Sing to Jehovah, praise his name.
Proclaim his salvation each day.
Declare to the nations his glory,
His miracles to all the people.
For Jehovah is great indeed,
Deserving greatly to be praised
And to be feared above all gods.
All the gods of other nations
Are idols; it was Jehovah,
He, that created the heavens.
Honor and grandeur are before him,
Strength and beauty fill his Temple.
Make acknowledgement of Jehovah,
O you families of nations,
Acknowledge his glory and power.
Make acknowledgement to Jehovah
Of the honor that is due his name.
Bring a sacrificial offering
And enter his Temple’s courtyard.
Make obeisance to Jehovah
In sacred vestments of splendor.
Let the earth tremble before him.

Announce to the nations, “Jehovah reigns!”
The earth is established; it cannot be moved.
He will judge its people with equity.
Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad.
Let the sea and all its denizens roar.
Let the fields and all that’s in them exult.
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy
Before Jehovah — for he is coming.
He is coming to pass judgment on the earth.
He will judge the world by his morality
And its people with evenhanded justice.

Psalm 95

Come, let us sing with joy to Jehovah.
Let us shout to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
And praise him in songs of exultation.

For Jehovah is a great god,
The great king above all other gods.
The depths of the earth are in his hand,
And the mountain peaks are his as well.
The sea is his, for he made it,
And his hands fashioned the dry land.
Come let us bow down in worship,
Kneel before Jehovah our maker,
For he, Jehovah, is our god,
And we the people of his pasture,
The sheep that are under his charge.

Today, if only we could hear his voice, —
“Don’t be stubborn as you were at Meribah,
On that day in the desert at Massah,
Where you ancestors tested and tried me,
Although they had already seen my works.
With that generation I was angry
For forty years.  I said to myself of them,
‘They are a people whose hearts have gone astray.
They have not been obedient to my ways.’
And so in my anger I made a vow,
‘They shall never enter my place of repose!”

Psalm 94

O Jehovah, god of vengeance,
God of vengeance reveal yourself.
Rouse yourself, O judge of the earth,
Render recompense to the proud.
How long, Jehovah, will the wicked,
How long will the wicked exult?
They burst out with arrogant words;
They boast, all the evildoers.
They crush your people, O Jehovah;
And oppress your inheritance.
They slay the widow and the stranger
And they murder the fatherless.
They say, “Jehovah does not see.
The god of Jacob pays no heed.”
Take notice, you stupid people.
You fools, when, oh when, will you get wise?
Does he not hear who affixed the ear?
Does not see who molded the eye?
Does he not mete out punishment,
He who admonishes nations?
Does he not know who teaches man?

Jehovah knows the plans of men
And knows they are futility.
Blessed is the man you discipline,
O Jehovah, and teach from your law
To give him relief from troublous times —-
While a pit is dug for the wicked.

For Jehovah will not forsake his people,
Nor will he abandon his inheritance.
Judgment will again be based on justice,
And the upright in heart will follow it.
Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
Who will stand by me against evildoers?
Had not Jehovah come to my defense
I’d soon be dwelling in the land of silence.
When  I  would cry out, “My foot is slipping!”
Your unfailing love, Jehovah, holds me up.
When I am overwhelmed by anxiety,
Your consolation brings joy to my soul.
Can a corrupt leader be allied with you,
A leader promoting  injustice with his laws?
They band together to oppose the righteous,
And they condemn the innocent to death.
But Jehovah has become my stronghold,
My god is the rock where I find shelter.
He will turn their own evil against them.
He will destroy them for their wickedness.
Jehovah, our god, will put an end to them!    

Psalm 93

Jehovah reigns!  He is robed in majesty.
He is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world is established and cannot be moved.
Your throne is of old and you, eternal.

The floodwaters have risen, O Jehovah,
The river’s current has raised its rushing voice,
And the seas, the thunder of their crashing waves.
Above the roar of many surging waters,
Above the raging of the ocean’s breakers,
Is the majesty of Jehovah on high.

Your testimonies stand firm, Jehovah,
Holiness graces your house forevermore.

Psalm 92

A Song  for the Sabbath

How good it is to give thanks to Jehovah
And to sing in praise your name, O Most High,
To proclaim your kindness in the morning
And your fidelity in the evening.
To play music upon a ten-stringed harp 
And upon a lyre of melodious tone.
You gladden me with your deeds, Jehovah.
I sing of your accomplishments with joy.
How great your works, Jehovah, how deep your thoughts!

People without sense do not know,
Nor are fools able to understand
That though the wicked spring up like weeds,
And doers of evil flourish,
They will forever be destroyed.

But you, Jehovah, are forever exalted!

Behold your enemies, Jehovah,
Behold, your enemies will perish,
All evildoers will be scattered.
You have strengthened me like a wild ox.
With fine oil have you anointed me.
I have seen my enemies’ defeat,
And when they attack me, I hear them.
The righteous flourish like a palm tree;
They grow like cedars of Lebanon.
Planted in the house of Jehovah,
They will thrive in the court of our god.
In old age they will still bear fruit
And will remain fertile and green,
Showing that  Jehovah is just,
That he is my rock, my protector — 
There is no injustice in him.

Psalm 91

Who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Rests in the shadow of the Almighty.
Concerning Jehovah I will declare:
He is my refuge, he is my fortress,
He is my god, in whom I place my trust.
For he will save you from the fowler’s snare
And from deadly pestilence deliver you.
With his feathers will he give you cover,
And under his wings will you find refuge.
His faithfulness is your shield and protection.
You shall not fear the terrors of the night,
Nor the spears and arrows that fly by day.
You shall not dread the plagues that stalk in darkness
Nor the destruction that devastates at noon.
A thousand men may fall dead at your side
And ten thousand perish at your right hand,
But the danger of death will not come near you.
However, you will see it with your own eyes
And witness the punishment of the wicked.

If you make Jehovah your refuge
And the Most High your habitation,
No misfortune will befall you,
No sickness will come near your home.
For he will command heavenly beings
To guard and protect you in every way.
With their hands they will lift and support you 
So that you will not hurt your feet on a stone.
And when you will tread upon the young lion
And the snake, you will trample them under foot.

“Because he has given his love to me
I will save him; because he knows my name
I will exalt him above other men.
When he calls upon me, I will answer;
When he is in trouble, I will be with him.
I will deliver him and honor him.
I will satisfy him with a long life
And bestow upon him my salvation.”

Psalm 90

Prayer of  Moses, The Man of God

O Jehovah, you have been our refuge
From generation to generation.
Before the mountains came into existence
And you brought forth the earth and its people,
Even through eternity, you are God.
You return man to dust just by saying,
“Return to dust, you descendant of Adam!”
For in your eyes a thousand years may go by
And it is but yesterday when it is gone,
Or like the passing of a watch in the night.
People are swept away in the flood, like dreams;
They are as the new grass in the morning:
It springs up at dawn, flourishes and thrives,
But when evening comes, it withers and dies.
Indeed, in your anger are we consumed
And at your indignation do we tremble.
We display our iniquities before you;
Our secret sins come to light in your presence.
For all our days pass by under your wrath
And our years come to an end with a sigh.
Our lifespan comprises seventy years,
And if we be hardy, we may reach eighty,
But longevity is labor in vain,
For the years go swiftly by, we speed away.
Who comprehends the power of your wrath?
(Your wrath is as the reverence due you).
So teach us to mark the passing of years
That we may attain wisdom in our hearts.

Return, Jehovah.  How long will it be?
Please have compassion upon your servants.
Make full our mornings with your devotion
That we may rejoice and be glad all the day.
Brighten the times of trouble and sorrow,
Make up for the years of adversity.
May your deeds be revealed to your servants
And your magnificence to their children.
May we know the grace of Jehovah, our god.

Grant us success in our endeavors!
Yes, grant success to our endeavors!

Psalm 89

A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite

Of your love and of your kindness, Jehovah,
I will sing forever and with my words
Make your loyalty known through the ages.
I declare that your love stands forever firm,
And your faithfulness endures as the heavens.
“With the chosen have I made a covenant;
I have sworn to my servant David,” you said.
“Forever will I perpetuate your line
And support your throne through the generations.”

The heavens will give praise to your wonders,
Jehovah, as well as to your faithfulness
In the assembly of the holy ones.
For who in the skies can compare with you,
Jehovah, and who is like Jehovah
Among the sons of heavenly beings,
Revered in the council of the holy ones,
More magnificent than all those about him?
Jehovah, god of heavenly armies,
Who is like you, O mighty Jehovah? 
What is like the faithfulness that surrounds you?

You rule over the raging sea,
And when the waves rise up, you still them.
Rahab, the monster of the deep,
Have you crushed and left as one dead,
So with the force of your power
Have you dispersed your enemies.
Heaven is yours and the earth as well.
The habitable globe entire
And all it contains have you founded.
You created the north and the south,
West and east: Mounts Tabor and Hermon
Shout out your name with rejoicing.
Mighty is your arm, strong is your hand.
Lifted up high is your right hand!

It is righteousness and justice that
Are the foundations of your throne.
Love and faithfulness go before you.
Blessed the people who acclaim
The joyful sound, “O Jehovah!”
And live in the light of your presence.
All day long they rejoice in your name,
And exult in your righteousness.
For you are their glory and strength,
By your favor our power grows
For our protection, it is sure,
Comes from Jehovah and our king,
The Holy One of Israel.

Once to the faithful you spoke in a vision,
“I have lent my help to a warrior,
Raised up a man chosen from the people.
I have discovered David, my servant,
And have with holy oil anointed him.
With my hand I will surely sustain him
And with my arm will strengthen him as well.
No enemy will exact tribute from him,
Nor will he grovel to a wicked man.
I will crush his enemies before him,
And I will strike down his adversaries.
My love and loyalty will be with him.
In my name his power will be exalted.
I will also establish his dominion
From the sea to the rivers of the east.
He will call out to me, ‘You are my father,
My god, and the rock of my salvation.’
I will regard him as my first-born son,
The most exalted of the kings on earth.
My kindness to him will last forever
And I will keep with him my covenant.
I will establish his line forever;
His throne will last as long as the heavens.
If his descendants abandon my laws
And do not live by my regulations,
Indeed, if they dishonor my decrees  
And do not adhere to my commandments,
I will punish their transgressions with the rod
And their disobedience with floggings,
But I will not withdraw my love from him,
Nor ever my betray my fidelity.
I will not nullify my covenant,
Nor go back on the words I have spoken.
Once and for all time, by my holiness,
Have I sworn, I will not lie to David:
His dynasty will endure forever
And his throne will last like the sun before me;
It will remain eternally, like the moon, 
To be a faithful witness in the sky”

But you have spurned him and cast him aside,
And are angry with your anointed king.
You have broken the contract with your servant
Profaning his crown, casting it to the ground.
You have breached all his fortifications
And have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
All who pass along the way have despoiled him,
And to his neighbors he is a disgrace.
You have expanded the power of his foes,
And have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have blunted the sharp edge of his sword
And have not come to his aid in battle.
You have brought an end to his majesty,
And his throne you have flung down to the earth.
You have diminished the days of his youth
And have caused him to be covered with shame.

How long, O Jehovah, will you hide yourself?
Forever?  How long will your wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short is the span of my life.
Have you created the human race in vain?
What man can live and not have to face death?
Who can escape from the power of the grave?
Jehovah, where is your steadfast love of old,
Which you did swear faithfully to David?
Remember how I, your servant, is scorned,
How,  Jehovah,  I must bear in my heart
The reproaches of all the other nations
How your enemies insult me, Jehovah,
And mock each step of your Anointed One.

Blessed be Jehovah evermore!
Amen and amen!

Psalm 88

By the Descendants of Korah
A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite

O Jehovah, the god of my salvation,
By day and by night do I call out to you.
Listen to my prayer, heed my cry for help.

My soul is beset with tribulations,
And my life is drawing me near the grave.
I am among those who are marked for death.
Like one who is bereft of vitality,
I have been abandoned among the dead,
Lying in the grave like one who has been slain,
Remembered no more, and beyond your help.
You have lain me into the deepest pit,
And have consigned me to the darkest depths.
Your wrath has lain heavily upon me,
And by all your waves I am overwhelmed.
You have driven my companions far from me
Making me an abomination to them.
I am in a trap with no means of escape.

My eyes grow faint with tears of grief.
I call to you, O Jehovah,
And daily stretch out my hands to you.
Do you show wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up to praise you?
Can one proclaim your gracious love
From the grave or your faithfulness
In a place of devastation?
Does one speak of your miracles
In the darkness or your righteousness
In the realm of oblivion?

But I cry out to you, Jehovah,
And present to you my morning prayer.
Why, Jehovah, do you cast off
My soul and hide your face from me?
From my childhood  have I been ill
And afflicted and close to death.
Bearing your terrors, I am numb.
Your anger has swept over me,
And your terrors have destroyed me.
Daily they engulf me like a flood
And from every side surround me.
From my loved ones, friends, and neighbors
You have taken me far away.
My companion is the darkness.

Psalm 87

By the Descendants of Korah

On the holy mount of Zion is his foundation.
Jehovah loves the city gates of Jerusalem
More than any other habitation of Jacob.
Glorious things are said you, city of God!

“I will make mention: among those who know
My people are Egypt and Babylon,
As well as Philistia, Tyre, and Cush.
They say,  ‘This man was born in Jerusalem!’”

Indeed it will be said of Jerusalem
This person and that person were born there
And that the Most High himself founded it.
Jehovah will make a list of his peoples
And write “This man was born in Jerusalem.”
And those who are singers and musicians
Will proclaim, “You are my inspiration!”

Psalm 86

A Prayer of David

Incline your ear to me, O Jehovah.
Answer my prayer for I am poor and needy.
Guard my life, for I have faith in you, my god;
Save your servant who puts his trust in you.
Be merciful to me, O Jehovah,
For I cry out to you all the day long.
Gladden the heart of your servant, my Master,
O Jehovah, for I raise my prayer to you.
For you, Master, are good and forgiving,
Full of kindness to all who call to you.

Listen to my prayer,  O Jehovah!
Give heed to my plea for mercy.
When in distress I call to you,
Because you will give me answer.
Among the gods there are none like you,
And no works like yours, O Master.
All the nations that you have made
Will come and worship before you,
O Master, and glorify your name.
For you are great and wondrous deeds
Do you perform — You alone are God!

Teach me your ways, O Jehovah,
So that I may walk in your truth.
Grant me an undivided heart
So that I may revere your name.
I will praise you,  Jehovah, my god,
With the fullness of my heart and
Glorify your name forever.
Great is your loving kindness to me,
For you have delivered my soul
From the utter brink of the grave.

Arrogant men rise up against me, O God.
A gang of violent men seek my life.
They have no respect for you, Jehovah,
But you are a god of kindness and grace,
Slow to anger, full of  love and loyalty.
Look down upon me and grant me mercy.
Lend me your strength for I am your servant.
Succor me, the son of your maidservant.
Show me a sign that those who hate me may see
And be ashamed, for you, O Jehovah,
Have protected me and comforted me.

Psalm 85

By the Descendants of Korah

Jehovah, you have shown favor to your land
And restored Jacob from captivity.
You have taken away your people’s guilt
And have pardoned all their transgressions.

You have withheld from us all your fury
And turned away from the fierceness of your wrath.
Bring us back, O God, to our salvation,
And bring to an end your displeasure of us.
Will you be angry at us forever?
Will your wrath extend through the generations?
Will you not revitalize us again
So that your people may rejoice in you.
Show us your loving kindness, O Jehovah,
And bestow upon us your salvation.

I hear what the God Jehovah says,
For he speaks of peace to his people,
Those who are his faithful servants,
That they do not lapse into folly.
To those who hold him in reverence,
Their salvation is surely near,
And his glory will dwell in our land.
Love and loyalty will be joined,
And justice and peace will embrace.
The truth will spring up from the earth,
And righteousness look down from heaven.
Jehovah will give us what is good,
And the land will yield its bounty.
Righteousness will go before him
And prepare a path for his steps.

Psalm 84

By the Descendants of Korah

How lovely are your tabernacles,
O Jehovah, Master of armies.
My soul craves, even faints with pining
For the courts of Master Jehovah.
My body and my soul cries out
With yearning to the living God.
Even the sparrow has found a home
And the swallow a nest for herself
In which she may nurture her young
Near your altars; O Jehovah,
Master of armies, my king, my god,
Blessed are they who dwell in your house,
For they may praise you constantly.

Happy are those whose strength is from you,
Whose hearts are set on a pilgrimage.
They pass through the valley of weeping,
And it becomes a place of fountains,
Covered by pools from the autumn rain.
They grow in strength till each of them
Appears before God in Zion.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, God of armies.
And lend me your ear, O God of Jacob.

Behold, O God, our defender,
Show favor to your anointed king.
Better to be one day in your courts
Than to spent a thousand days elsewhere.
I’d rather linger at the threshold,
Abject in the house of my god
Than dwell in mansions of the wicked.

For the God Jehovah is our sun and shield.
It is Jehovah who grants grace and glory,
Favor and honor; indeed no good thing
Does he withhold from those who live righteously.

O Jehovah, commander of armies,
Blessed is he who puts his faith in you.

Psalm 83

By Asaph

O God, do not remain in silence;
Do not be still and quiet, O God.
Hear you not your enemies’ uproar;
See you not how those who hate you
Are raising themselves to oppose you?
Against your people they intrigue
And plot against those you cherish.
“Come,” they bid, “let us destroy them,
And wipe them out as a nation
So that the name of Israel
Will no longer be remembered."

Conspiring together with a single mind,
They are forming  an alliance against you.
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
The people of Moab and the Hagarites,
Gebal, Ammon, and the Amalekites,
Philistia, with the people of Tyre;
Even Assyria has joined with them
To lend support to the descendants of Lot.

Deal with them as you delt with Midian,
As you delt with Sisera and Jabin
At the Kishon River, like those who perished
At Endor and became dung for the earth.
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and
All their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Who said, “Let us occupy God’s pastures.”
Make them like the swirling dust in the breeze,
O my God, make them like chaff before the wind,
As a conflagration burns down a forest,
As a flame sets ablaze the mountainsides,
Chase them down with the gales of your windstorm 
And so terrorize them with your tempest.
Cover their faces with shame, O Jehovah,
That they may forced to acknowledge your name.
May they be ashamed and discomfited
Forever, and perish in their disgrace.
Let them know that you, whose name is Jehovah,
Are alone most high over all the earth.