DAY 141

Psalms 83-86




Psalms 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Psalms 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Psalms 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

Psalms 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

Psalms 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

Psalms 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Psalms 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Psalms 83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Psalms 83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

Psalms 83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

Psalms 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

Psalms 83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

Psalms 83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Psalms 83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

Psalms 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Psalms 83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

Psalms 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Psalms 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.




Psalms 84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

Psalms 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Psalms 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Psalms 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Psalms 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Psalms 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psalms 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Psalms 84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalms 84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Psalms 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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 them that walk uprightly.

Psalms 84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.




Psalms 85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Psalms 85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Psalms 85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Psalms 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Psalms 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Psalms 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Psalms 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

Psalms 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Psalms 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalms 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalms 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Psalms 85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

Psalms 85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.




Psalms 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

Psalms 86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Psalms 86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

Psalms 86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Psalms 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Psalms 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

Psalms 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

Psalms 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Psalms 86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

Psalms 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Psalms 86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Psalms 86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

Psalms 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalms 86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Psalms 86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.