Psalm 73-83

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁰ Therefore ^[l]his people return to this place,
And waters of ^(N)abundance are ^[m]drunk by them.
¹¹ They say, “^(O)How does God know?
And is there knowledge ^[n]with the Most High?”
¹² Behold, ^(P)these are the wicked;
And always ^(Q)at ease, they have increased in wealth.
¹³ Surely ^(R)in vain I have ^[o]kept my heart pure
And ^(S)washed my hands in innocence;
¹⁴ For I have been stricken ^(T)all day long
And ^[p](U)chastened every morning.

¹⁵ If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the ^(V)generation of Your children.
¹⁶ When I ^(W)pondered to understand this,
It was ^[q]troublesome in my sight
¹⁷ Until I came into the ^[r](X)sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their ^(Y)end.
¹⁸ Surely You set them in ^(Z)slippery places;
You cast them down to ^[s](AA)destruction.
¹⁹ How they are ^[t](AB)destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by ^(AC)sudden terrors!
²⁰ Like a ^(AD)dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when ^(AE)aroused, You will ^(AF)despise their ^[u]form.

²¹ When my ^(AG)heart was embittered
And I was ^(AH)pierced ^[v]within,
²² Then I was ^(AI)senseless and ignorant;
I was like ^[w]a ^(AJ)beast ^[x]before You.
²³ Nevertheless ^(AK)I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
²⁴ With Your counsel You will ^(AL)guide me,
And afterward ^(AM)receive me ^[y]to glory.

^25 (AN)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And ^[z]besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
²⁶ My ^(AO)flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the ^[aa]strength of my heart and my ^(AP)portion forever.
²⁷ For, behold, ^(AQ)those who are far from You will ^(AR)perish;
You have ^[ab]destroyed all those who ^[ac](AS)are unfaithful to You.
²⁸ But as for me, ^(AT)the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord ^[ad]God my ^(AU)refuge,
That I may ^(AV)tell of all Your works.

¹² Yet God is ^(BU)my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.
^13 [aq]You ^(BV)divided the sea by Your strength;
^[ar]You ^(BW)broke the heads of the ^(BX)sea monsters ^[as]in the waters.
^14 [at]You crushed the heads of ^[au](BY)Leviathan;
^[av]You gave him as food for the ^[aw]creatures ^(BZ)of the wilderness.
^15 [ax]You ^(CA)broke open springs and torrents;
^[ay]You ^(CB)dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶ Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^[az]You have ^(CC)prepared the ^[ba]light and the sun.
^17 [bb]You have ^(CD)established all the boundaries of the earth;
^[bc]You have ^[bd]made ^(CE)summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, ^[be]O Lord, that the enemy has ^(CF)reviled,
And a ^(CG)foolish people has spurned Your name.
¹⁹ Do not deliver the soul of Your ^(CH)turtledove to the wild beast;
^(CI)Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
²⁰ Consider the ^(CJ)covenant;
For the ^(CK)dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
²¹ Let not the ^(CL)oppressed return dishonored;
Let the ^(CM)afflicted and needy praise Your name.

²² Arise, O God, and ^(CN)plead Your own cause;
Remember ^[bf]how the ^(CO)foolish man reproaches You all day long.
²³ Do not forget the voice of Your ^(CP)adversaries,
The ^(CQ)uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

⁶ For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the ^[bk](DA)desert comes exaltation;
⁷ But ^(DB)God is the Judge;
He ^(DC)puts down one and exalts another.
⁸ For a ^(DD)cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is ^[bl](DE)well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and ^(DF)drink down its dregs.

⁹ But as for me, I will ^(DG)declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰ And all the ^(DH)horns of the wicked ^[bm]He will cut off,
But ^(DI)the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

⁴ You are resplendent,
^[br]More majestic than the mountains of prey.
⁵ The ^(DP)stouthearted were plundered,
^[bs]They sank into sleep;
And none of the ^[bt]warriors could use his hands.
⁶ At Your ^(DQ)rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both ^[bu](DR)rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
⁷ You, even You, are ^(DS)to be feared;
And ^(DT)who may stand in Your presence when once ^[bv]You are angry?

⁸ You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth ^(DU)feared and was still
⁹ When God ^(DV)arose to judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.
¹⁰ For the ^[bw](DW)wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.

^11 (DX)Make vows to the Lord your God and ^(DY)fulfill them;
Let all who are around Him ^(DZ)bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.
¹² He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is ^[bx](EA)feared by the kings of the earth.

⁷ Will the Lord ^(EN)reject forever?
And will He ^(EO)never be favorable again?
⁸ Has His ^(EP)lovingkindness ceased forever?
Has His ^[cc](EQ)promise come to an end ^[cd]forever?
⁹ Has God ^(ER)forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger ^[ce]withdrawn His ^(ES)compassion? Selah.
¹⁰ Then I said, “^(ET)It is my ^[cf]grief,
That the ^(EU)right hand of the Most High has changed.”

¹¹ I shall remember the ^(EV)deeds of ^[cg]the Lord;
Surely I will ^(EW)remember Your wonders of old.
¹² I will ^(EX)meditate on all Your work
And muse on Your deeds.
¹³ Your way, O God, is ^(EY)holy;
^(EZ)What god is great like our God?
¹⁴ You are the ^(FA)God who works wonders;
You have ^(FB)made known Your strength among the peoples.
¹⁵ You have by Your ^[ch]power ^(FC)redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and ^(FD)Joseph. Selah.

¹⁶ The ^(FE)waters saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.
¹⁷ The ^(FF)clouds poured out water;
The skies ^(FG)gave forth a sound;
Your ^(FH)arrows ^[ci]flashed here and there.
¹⁸ The ^(FI)sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The ^(FJ)lightnings lit up the world;
The ^(FK)earth trembled and shook.
¹⁹ Your ^(FL)way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints may not be known.
²⁰ You ^(FM)led Your people like a flock
By the hand of ^(FN)Moses and Aaron.

⁵ For He established a ^(FW)testimony in Jacob
And appointed a ^(FX)law in Israel,
Which He ^(FY)commanded our fathers
That they should ^[cl](FZ)teach them to their children,
^6 (GA)That the generation to come might know, even ^(GB)the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and ^(GC)tell them to their children,
⁷ That they should put their confidence in God
And ^(GD)not forget the works of God,
But ^(GE)keep His commandments,
⁸ And ^(GF)not be like their fathers,
A ^(GG)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that ^(GH)did not ^[cm]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not ^(GI)faithful to God.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim ^[cn]were ^(GJ)archers equipped with bows,
Yet ^(GK)they turned back in the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(GL)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(GM)walk in His law;
¹¹ They ^(GN)forgot His deeds
And His ^[co]miracles that He had shown them.
^12 (GO)He wrought wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the ^(GP)field of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(GQ)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand ^(GR)up like a heap.
¹⁴ Then He led them with the cloud by ^(GS)day
And all the night with a ^(GT)light of fire.
¹⁵ He ^(GU)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
¹⁶ He ^(GV)brought forth streams also from the rock
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To ^(GW)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ And in their heart they ^(GX)put God to the test
By asking ^(GY)food according to their desire.
¹⁹ Then they spoke against God;
They said, “^(GZ)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ “Behold, He ^(HA)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide ^[cp](HB)meat for His people?”

²¹ Therefore the Lord heard and ^[cq]was ^(HC)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,
²² Because they ^(HD)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³ Yet He commanded the clouds above
And ^(HE)opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴ He ^(HF)rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them ^[cr](HG)food from heaven.
²⁵ Man did eat the bread of ^[cs]angels;
He sent them ^[ct]food ^[cu](HH)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(HI)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
And by His ^[cv]power He directed the south wind.
²⁷ When He rained ^[cw]meat upon them like the dust,
Even ^(HJ)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
²⁸ Then He let them fall in the midst of ^[cx]their camp,
Round about their dwellings.
²⁹ So they ^(HK)ate and were well filled,
And their desire He gave to them.
^30 [cy]Before they had satisfied their desire,
^(HL)While their food was in their mouths,
³¹ The ^(HM)anger of God rose against them
And killed ^[cz]some of their ^(HN)stoutest ones,
And ^[da]subdued the choice men of Israel.
³² In spite of all this they ^(HO)still sinned
And ^(HP)did not believe in His wonderful works.
³³ So He brought ^(HQ)their days to an end in ^[db]futility
And their years in sudden terror.

³⁴ When He killed them, then they ^(HR)sought Him,
And returned and searched ^(HS)diligently for God;
³⁵ And they remembered that God was their ^(HT)rock,
And the Most High God their ^(HU)Redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(HV)deceived Him with their mouth
And ^(HW)lied to Him with their tongue.
³⁷ For their heart was not ^(HX)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
³⁸ But He, being ^(HY)compassionate, ^[dc](HZ)forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;
And often He ^[dd](IA)restrained His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.
³⁹ Thus ^(IB)He remembered that they were but ^(IC)flesh,
A ^[de](ID)wind that passes and does not return.

⁴⁰ How often they ^(IE)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And ^(IF)grieved Him in the ^(IG)desert!
⁴¹ Again and again they ^[df](IH)tempted God,
And pained the ^(II)Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(IJ)did not remember ^(IK)His ^[dg]power,
The day when He ^(IL)redeemed them from the adversary,
⁴³ When He performed His ^(IM)signs in Egypt
And His ^(IN)marvels in the field of Zoan,
⁴⁴ And ^(IO)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink.
⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of ^(IP)flies which devoured them,
And ^(IQ)frogs which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He gave also their crops to the ^(IR)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the ^(IS)locust.
⁴⁷ He ^[dh]destroyed their vines with ^(IT)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
⁴⁸ He gave over their ^(IU)cattle also to the hailstones
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
⁴⁹ He ^(IV)sent upon them His burning anger,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
^[di]A band of destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But ^(IW)gave over their life to the plague,
⁵¹ And ^(IX)smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
The ^(IY)first issue of their virility in the tents of ^(IZ)Ham.
⁵² But He ^(JA)led forth His own people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness ^(JB)like a flock;
⁵³ He led them ^(JC)safely, so that they did not fear;
But ^(JD)the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵⁴ So ^(JE)He brought them to His holy ^[dj]land,
To this ^[dk](JF)hill country ^(JG)which His right hand had gained.
⁵⁵ He also ^(JH)drove out the nations before them
And ^(JI)apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
⁵⁶ Yet they ^[dl](JJ)tempted and ^(JK)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
⁵⁷ But turned back and ^(JL)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They ^(JM)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(JN)provoked Him with their ^(JO)high places
And ^(JP)aroused His jealousy with their ^(JQ)graven images.
⁵⁹ When God heard, He ^[dm]was filled with ^(JR)wrath
And greatly ^(JS)abhorred Israel;
⁶⁰ So that He ^(JT)abandoned the ^(JU)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent ^[dn]which He had pitched among men,
⁶¹ And gave up His ^(JV)strength to captivity
And His glory ^(JW)into the hand of the adversary.
⁶² He also ^(JX)delivered His people to the sword,
And ^[do]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
^63 (JY)Fire devoured ^[dp]His young men,
And ^[dq]His ^(JZ)virgins had no wedding songs.
^64 [dr]His ^(KA)priests fell by the sword,
And ^[ds]His ^(KB)widows could not weep.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(KC)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a ^(KD)warrior ^[dt]overcome by wine.
⁶⁶ He ^[du](KE)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
⁶⁷ He also ^(KF)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount ^(KG)Zion which He loved.
⁶⁹ And He ^(KH)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
⁷⁰ He also ^(KI)chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ From ^[dv](KJ)the care of the ^[dw]ewes ^(KK)with suckling lambs He brought him
To ^(KL)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel ^(KM)His inheritance.
⁷² So he shepherded them according to the ^(KN)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.

^8 (LD)Do not remember ^[dz]the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to ^(LE)meet us,
For we are ^(LF)brought very low.
^9 (LG)Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of ^(LH)Your name;
And deliver us and ^[ea](LI)forgive our sins ^(LJ)for Your name’s sake.
^10 (LK)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
^(LL)Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
¹¹ Let ^(LM)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^[eb]power preserve ^[ec]those who are ^(LN)doomed to die.
¹² And return to our neighbors ^(LO)sevenfold ^(LP)into their bosom
^[ed]The ^(LQ)reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
¹³ So we Your people and the ^(LR)sheep of Your ^[ee]pasture
Will ^(LS)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will ^(LT)tell of Your praise.

⁴ O ^(MB)Lord God of hosts,
^(MC)How long will You ^[ei]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the ^(MD)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in ^[ej]large measure.
⁶ You make us ^[ek]an object of contention ^(ME)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[el]and we will be saved.

⁸ You removed a ^(MF)vine from Egypt;
You ^(MG)drove out the ^[em]nations and ^(MH)planted it.
⁹ You ^(MI)cleared the ground before it,
And it ^(MJ)took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ^[en]the cedars of God with its ^(MK)boughs.
¹¹ It was sending out its branches ^(ML)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
¹² Why have You ^(MM)broken down its ^[eo]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
¹³ A boar from the forest ^(MN)eats it away
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴ O God of hosts, ^(MO)turn again now, we beseech You;
^(MP)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
¹⁵ Even the ^[ep](MQ)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the ^[eq]son whom You have ^[er]strengthened for Yourself.
¹⁶ It is ^(MR)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the ^(MS)rebuke of Your countenance.
¹⁷ Let ^(MT)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You ^(MU)made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸ Then we shall not ^(MV)turn back from You;
^(MW)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
¹⁹ O Lord God of hosts, ^(MX)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[es]and we will be saved.

⁶ “I ^[ev](NJ)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the ^[ew]basket.
⁷ “You ^(NK)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I ^(NL)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the ^(NM)waters of Meribah. ^[ex]Selah.
⁸ “^(NN)Hear, O My people, and I will ^[ey]admonish you;
O Israel, if you ^(NO)would listen to Me!
⁹ “Let there be no ^(NP)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
¹⁰ “^(NQ)I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
^(NR)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(NS)fill it.

¹¹ “But My people ^(NT)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not ^[ez]obey Me.
¹² “So I ^(NU)gave ^[fa]them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.
¹³ “Oh that My people ^(NV)would listen to Me,
That Israel would ^(NW)walk in My ways!
¹⁴ “I would quickly ^(NX)subdue their enemies
And ^(NY)turn My hand against their adversaries.
¹⁵ “^(NZ)Those who hate the Lord would ^(OA)pretend obedience to Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
¹⁶ “^[fb]But I would feed you with the ^[fc](OB)finest of the wheat,
And with ^(OC)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

⁵ They ^(OK)do not know nor do they understand;
They ^(OL)walk about in darkness;
All the ^(OM)foundations of the earth are shaken.
^6 [fg]I ^(ON)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are ^(OO)sons of the Most High.
⁷ “Nevertheless ^(OP)you will die like men
And fall like any ^(OQ)one of the princes.”
^8 (OR)Arise, O God, ^(OS)judge the earth!
For it is You who ^(OT)possesses all the nations.

⁹ Deal with them ^(PP)as with Midian,
As ^(PQ)with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,
¹⁰ Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who ^(PR)became as dung for the ground.
¹¹ Make their nobles like ^(PS)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like ^(PT)Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹² Who said, “^(PU)Let us possess for ourselves
The ^(PV)pastures of God.”

¹³ O my God, make them like the ^[fo](PW)whirling dust,
Like ^(PX)chaff before the wind.
¹⁴ Like ^(PY)fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that ^(PZ)sets the mountains on fire,
¹⁵ So pursue them ^(QA)with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.
^16 (QB)Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
¹⁷ Let them be ^(QC)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,
¹⁸ That they may ^(QD)know that ^(QE)You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the ^(QF)Most High over all the earth.