Psalm 81:1-16

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Oh That My People Would Listen to Me

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.

^aSing for joy to God our ^bstrength;

Make a loud ^cshout to the ^dGod of Jacob.

Lift up a song of praise, strike ^athe tambourine,

The sweet sounding ^blyre with the ^charp.

Blow the trumpet at the ^anew moon,

At the full moon, on our ^bfeast day.

For it is a statute for Israel,

^aA judgment of the God of Jacob.

He established it for a testimony in Joseph

When he ^awent forth over the land of Egypt.

I heard a ^blanguage that I did not know:

“I ¹^arelieved his shoulder of the burden,

His hands were freed from the ²basket.

You ^acalled in distress and I rescued you;

I ^banswered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I tested you at the ^cwaters of Meribah. ¹Selah.

^aHear, O My people, and I will testify against you;

O Israel, if you ^bwould listen to Me!

Let there be no ^astrange god among you;

And you shall not worship a foreign god.

^aI am Yahweh your God,

Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;

^bOpen your mouth wide and I will ^cfill it.

“But My people ^adid not listen to My voice,

And Israel was not willing to obey Me.

So I ^areleased ¹them over to the stubbornness of their heart,

That they would walk in their own devices.

Oh that My people ^awould listen to Me,

That Israel would ^bwalk in My ways!

I would quickly ^asubdue their enemies

And I would ^bturn My hand against their adversaries.

^aThose who hate Yahweh would ^bcower before Him,

And their time of punishment would be forever.

¹But I would feed you with the ²^afinest of the wheat,

And with ^bhoney from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Psalm 84:1-12

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Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts in You

For the choir director. According to the ¹Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

How lovely are Your ^adwelling places,

O Yahweh of hosts!

My ^asoul has longed and even ¹fainted for the courts of Yahweh;

My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the ^bliving God.

Even the bird has found a home,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,

At Your ^aaltars, O Yahweh of hosts,

^bMy King and my God.

How ^ablessed are those who dwell in Your house!

They are ^bever praising You. ¹Selah.

How blessed is the man whose ^astrength is in You,

In ¹whose heart are the ^bhighways to Zion!

Passing through the valley of ¹Baca they make it a ²spring;

The ^aearly rain also wraps it up with blessings.

They ^ago from strength to strength,

¹Each one of them ^bappears before God in Zion.

O ^aYahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;

Give ear, O ^bGod of Jacob! Selah.

See our ^ashield, O God,

And look upon the face of ^bYour anointed.

For ^abetter is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.

I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For Yahweh God is ^aa sun and ^bshield;

Yahweh gives grace and ^cglory;

^dNo good thing does He withhold ¹from those who walk blamelessly.

O Yahweh of hosts,

How ^ablessed is the man who trusts in You!