the gods.

How long will ye judge iniquity, and prefer the person of the wicked? Sela.

Render justice to the poor and to the fatherless, and help the needy and the poor to righteousness.

the lowly and the poor, and deliver him out of the hand of the wicked.

But they suffer them not, nor hearken unto them; they go always in darkness: therefore must all the foundations of the land fall.

I have said, Ye are gods, and the children of the Most High;

But ye shall die as men, and perish as a tyrant.

God, arise and judge the land: for thou art an inheritor over all the nations.
The 83rd Psalm (^)
Prayer for help against the enemies of the church.

a psalm song of Assaph.

God, do not be so silent, and do not be so still; God, do not pause so!

For, behold, thine enemies rage, and they that hate thee lift up their heads.

They make crafty plots against thy people, and counsel against thy hidden ones.

Behold, they say, let us cut them off, that they be no nation, that the name of Israel be no more remembered.

For they have joined themselves together, and made a covenant against thee: 7. The tents of the Edomites, and of the Ishmaelites, and of the Moabites, and of the Hagarites, 8. The Gebalites, and the Ammonites, and the Amalekites, and the Philistines, with them of Tyre; 9. Asshur also joined them, and help the children of Lot. Sela.

Do unto them as unto the Midianites, as unto Sisserah, as unto Jabin by the brook Kishon, 11. Which were consumed at Endor, and became dung upon the earth.

Make their princes like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunah, 13. Who say, We will take the houses of GOD.

God, make them like a whirlpool, like stubble before the wind!

As a fire burneth up the forest, and as a flame kindleth the mountains, 16. So pursue them with thy weather, and terrify them with thy tempest.

Make their faces full of shame, that they may ask thy name.

They shall be ashamed, and shall be afraid more and more, and shall be ashamed, and shall perish.

And they shall know that by thy name thou art called Lord alone, and the most high in all the earth.
The 84th Psalm (^)
Of the church and the preaching ministry.

a psalm of the children of Korah, to be sung on the githith.

How goodly are thy dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

My soul desireth and longeth for the courts of the LORD: my body and soul rejoice in the living God.

For the bird hath found a house, and the swallow her nest, where they lay young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they praise thee for ever. Sela.

Blessed are the men that count thee their strength, and walk after thee with their hearts, 7. Who pass through the vale of tears, and make wells there. And the teachers are adorned with many blessings.

They get one victory after another, that it must be seen that the right God is in Zion.

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Sela.

O God, our shield, look; behold the kingdom of thine anointed!

For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I will rather keep the door of my God’s house, than dwell long in the tabernacles of the wicked.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and honour: he will not fail the good of the upright.

O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
The 85th Psalm (^)
Prayer for God’s help and welfare of all estates.

a psalm of the children of Korah, to be sung.

O LORD, which hast been merciful unto thy land in time past, and hast redeemed the captives of Jacob;

Who hast formerly forgiven the iniquity of thy people, and covered all their sin, Sela; 4. Thou that didst lift up all thy wrath before, and didst turn away from the fierceness of thine anger;

Comfort us, O GOD our Saviour, and remove your displeasure from us.

Wilt thou then be angry with us for ever, and let thy wrath go for ever and ever?

Wilt thou not then restore us, that thy people may rejoice over thee?

O Lord, show us your mercy and help us!

Oh that I should hear that God the LORD speaketh, that he should promise peace unto his people and to his saints, that they should not enter into folly!

But his help is near unto them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land; 11. That goodness and faithfulness meet together, righteousness and peace kiss each other; 12. That faithfulness may grow upon the earth, and righteousness look down from heaven; 13. That the LORD also may do us good, that our land may yield her increase; 14. That righteousness nevertheless may abide before him, and walk in the sword.
The 86th Psalm (^)
David’s different pleas.

A prayer of David. O Lord, incline thine ears, and hear me; for I am wretched and poor.

Keep my soul: for I am holy. Help, O my God, thy servant, who trusteth in thee.

Lord, have mercy upon me: for I cry unto thee daily.

Make glad the soul of thy servant: for after thee, O LORD, do I desire.

For thou, O LORD, art good and gracious, of great kindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Hear, O LORD, my prayer, and hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

In trouble I call upon thee; thou wilt hear me.

O LORD, there is none like thee among the gods, neither is there any that can do like thee.

All the nations which thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD, and shall honour thy name,

That thou art so great, and doest wonders, and art alone GOD.

Thy way, O LORD, that I may walk in thy truth: keep my heart in that which is one, that I may fear thy name.

I thank thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart; and I honor thy name for ever.

For great is thy lovingkindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of hell.

O God, the proud are set against me, and the company of the oppressors are after my soul, and have not thee before their eyes.

But thou, O LORD God, art merciful and gracious, patient, and of great kindness and faithfulness.

Turn thee unto me, be gracious unto me: strengthen thy servant with thy might, and help the son of thy handmaid.

Do a sign unto me, that it may be well with me, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed, that thou standest by me, O LORD, and comfortest me.
The 87th Psalm (^)
Of the Christian Church, under the model of the earthly Jerusalem.

a psalm song of the children of Korah. It is firmly established on the holy mountains.

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are preached in thee, O city of God. Sela.

I will preach unto Rahab and Babylon, that they may know me. Behold, the Philistines and the Tyrians and the Moors are born there.

And it shall be said in Zion, that all manner of men shall be born therein, and that he that is most high shall build them.

The LORD shall preach in divers tongues, that some of them also shall be born there. Sela.

And the singers, as at the round dance, shall all sing in thee one by one.
The 88th Psalm (^)
Prayer in severe temptation.

A psalm-song of the children of Korah, to be sung, of the infirmities of the wretched. An instruction of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD God, my Saviour, I cry before thee day and night.

Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.

For my soul is full of sorrow, and my life is nigh unto hell.

I am esteemed like unto them that go down to hell: I am like a man that hath no help.

I lie forsaken among the dead, as the slain that lie in the grave, of whom thou rememberest no more, and they are separated from thy hand.

Thou hast laid me down in the pit, in darkness, and in the deep.

thy wrath oppresseth me, and presseth me with all thy floods. Sela.

Thou hast put my friends far from me: thou hast made me an abomination unto them. I lie captive, and cannot get along.

My form is pitiful with misery. O Lord, I call upon thee daily; I stretch forth my hands unto thee.

Wilt thou then do wonders among the dead, or shall the dead arise and thank thee? Sela.

Shall thy goodness be told in graves, and thy faithfulness in destruction?

May thy wonders be known in darkness, or thy righteousness in the land that is not remembered?

But I cry unto thee, O LORD; and my prayer cometh early before thee, 15. Why hast thou, O LORD, cast off my soul, and hid thy face from me?

I am wretched and faint, that I am so cast down; and I suffer thy terror, that I am almost consumed.

Thy wrath is upon me; Thy terror oppresseth me. They compass me about daily as waters, And compass me about together.

Thou makest my friends, and my neighbours, and my kinsmen, to depart from me, because of this affliction.
The 89th Psalm (^)
Of the Messiah and his kingdom.

a teaching of Ethan the Esrahite.

I will sing of the grace of the LORD for ever, and declare his truth with my mouth for ever, 3. Saying thus, That an everlasting mercy shall spring up, and thou shalt keep thy truth faithfully in heaven.

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