Psalm 73

1.    A psalm composed by Asaph. TrulyGod is good to Israel, to the pure of heart.

2.    But I – my feet had almost slipped; my steps had all but faltered.

3.    For I became jealous of the mockers whenever I would see the welfare of the wicked.

4.    For they are not dismayed and daunted by the day of their death; their opinions are soughtout, and their heart is fat and strong.

5.    They do not toil with the toil ofmen who are occupied with Torah;and they are not smitten with the righteous sons of men who endure sufferings.

6.    Because of this, pride has adorned them, a crown that they place ontheir heads because of their rapacity.

7.    Their faces are distorted by fat;[1]their carvings have transgressed,the heart is ashamed.[2]

8.    They will decay because of fatness;[3]and they will speak to cause harmand to oppress; they will speakfrom the arrogance of their heart.

9.    They have set their mouth against the holy ones of heaven; and their tongue flares against the holy ones[4] of theearth.

10.  Then[5]he turns against the people ofthe Lord, to rule them; and they will smite them with hammers, and cause many tears to flow from them.

11.  Andthey will say, “How then does God know, and is there knowledge in the MostHigh?”

12.  Behold,these are the wicked who dwell securelyin this age; they have acquired property, they have procured wealth.

13.  Trulyin vain have I purified my heart, and washed[6] my hands in purity.

14.  AndI have been smitten all the day; and my admonition [has come] with every dawn.

15.  IfI said, “I will talk like them” –behold, I would have done evil tothe generation of your children.

16.  AndI thought to know this, [but] it is a weariness in my sight –

17.  Untilthe time of redemption, when I come tothe sanctuaries[7] of God, I will understand their fate.

18.  Trulyyou have placed them in dark places, youhave thrown them into the wasteland.[8]

19.  Howthey have become a desolation in a moment! They are finished, destroyed[9]because of chaos.

20.  Likea dream of a man[10] who awakes: the Lord in the great day of judgment, when they awake from their graves; inanger you will despise their likeness.

21.  Formy heart will feel pain, and my kidneys burnlike fire.

22.  AndI am a fool, and I do not know; I was reckoned as a beast with you.

23.  ButI am continually with you; you have grasped my right hand.

24.  Youwill guide me by your counsel;[11] and after the glory that youcommanded to come upon me is complete, youwill take me.

25.  Who,like you, is mine in heaven, butyou? And besides you I desire nofriend on earth.

26.  Mybody and my heart are destroyed; God is the Mighty One who triesmy heart and my portion forever.

27.  Forbehold, the wicked who are far from youwill perish; you have destroyed all who stray from the fear of you.

28.  ButI – to be near to the Lord is goodto me; I have placed my confidence inthe Lord God, to tell toall the righteous thecommandments of your charge.

Psalm 74

1.    A good lesson, composed by Asaph. Why, O God, have you moved far off forever? [Why] will your anger befierce against the flock of your pasture?

2.    Remember your congregation that you acquired of old; you redeemed fromEgypt the tribes of your inheritance, thissame Mount Zion on which you madeyour presence to abide.

3.    Lift up your footsteps to dissolve the nations forever, for the enemy with all hisstrength has done harm in the holy place.

4.    Your oppressors cry out in the midst of your assemblies; they have setup their standards as signs.

5.    He will strike with a hammer like a man who lifts up his hand against a wood thicket to cut it with axes.

6.    But now they pull down[12] its carvings together; they poundwith the hatchet and the two-edged chiselas if with mallets.

7.    They have burned the sanctuary tothe ground with fire; they have defiled the tabernacle in which your name is uttered.

8.    Their children spoke in theirhearts together; their fathersburned all the assemblies of God in the land.

9.    We have not seen our signs that the prophets gave us; there are no longer any prophets and we have nonewith us who knows how long.

10.  Howlong, O God, will the oppressor show disdain? Will the enemy reject your nameforever?

11.  Whywill you withdraw your hand, even your right hand, from redeeming? Take itout of your bosom and do away with oppression.

12.  ButGod is the king, whose holy presence is fromof old, one who carries out redemption in the midst of the land.

13.  Youcut off the waters of the sea by yourpower; you broke the heads of the sea serpents, and drowned theEgyptians at the sea.

14.  Youshattered the heads of Pharaoh’s warriors;you handed them over for destructionto the people of the house of Israel,and their corpses to jackals.

15.  Yousplit the spring from the rock and it became a stream; you dried up the ford of the streams of the Arnon and the ford of the Jabbok and theJordan, which were so powerful.

16.  Yoursis the day-time, yours, too, is the night; you have made firm the moon and sun.

17.  Youset up all the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter, you created them.

18.  Rememberthis, the enemy, slanderer of the Lord,and the foolish people who have rejectedyour name.

19.  Donot deliver the souls of those who teachyour Torah to the Gentiles, who are likened to beasts of the field; do not forget the lives of your poor forever.

20.  Lookat the covenant that you made with our fathers, for their children arefinished off; darkness is spread over the land, and fraud,[13]and violence.

21.  Thepauper will not return ashamed; the poor and lowly will praise your name.

22.  Arise,O God; argue your case; call to mind the disgrace of your people because of foolish counsel all the day.

23.  Donot forget the voice of your oppressors, the turmoil, always mounting, of thosewho stand against you.

Psalm 75

1.    For praise; in the time that David said, “Do not harm your people.” A psalm composed by Asaph, anda song.

2.    We have praised you, O Lord,we have praised you, and your name is near, your wonders have declared it.

3.    Because of the meeting of thefestival, I will judge uprightly.[14]

4.    The inhabitants of the earth meltaway, and all who dwell in it; I have made its pillars firm forever.

5.    I said to the mockers, “Do not mock,” and to the wicked, “Do not exalt[your] honor.”[15]

6.    Do not exalt your honor to theheight, you who speak inharshness and blasphemy.

7.    For there is none beside me fromeast to west, nor from the north, the area of deserts, to the south, the site of mountains.

8.    For God is a righteous judge;this one he will humble, and this one he will exalt.

9.    For the cup of cursing is in thehand of the Lord, and a harsh wine, full of a bitter mixture, to confuse the wits of the wickedby what is poured out from it, andmore severe than the judgment of the ancients;yet its dregs and its foam all thewicked of the earth will press out and drink.

10.  ButI will tell forever the miracles; I willpraise the God of Jacob.

11.  Butall[16] the mighty loftiness of the wicked I will humble; I will uproot them[17] fromtheir strongholds; the mightyloftiness of the righteous will bemagnified.[18]

Psalm 76

1.    For praise, as a psalm; a psalm composed by Asaph, a song.

2.    God has become known among those of the house of Judah; his name is great among those ofthe house of Israel.

3.    And his sanctuary has come to bein Jerusalem, and the dwelling ofthe house of his holy presence is in Zion.

4.    When the house of Israel did his will, he made his presence abideamong them; there he broke the arrows andbows of the Gentiles who were making war; he made forever theshields and battle-lines of no account.

5.    Bright [and] awful are you, OGod, acclaimed from yoursanctuary; the kings who dwell inthe mountain fortresses, the place where their spoil is gathered, will tremble in yourpresence.

6.    The mighty in heart have stripped from them the weapons of war; they have slumbered in their sleep; and all the men[19] ofmight have not been able tograsp their weapons in their hands.

7.    At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, the chariots have fallen asleep, andthe cavalry have been disabled.

8.    You are awesome, you are God; andwho will stand before you from the time your anger becomes strong?

9.    From heaven you proclaimed judgment on the land of the Gentiles; the land of Israel was afraid [and] became silent.

10.  Therighteous say, “Let God arise for judgment with the wicked, to redeem from their hands all the meek of the earth forever.”

11.  Whenyou are angry at your people, youshow mercy to them, and they will give thanks to your name; but the remainder of fury that is left toyou, out of the wrath that you showed, youwill gird on to destroy the Gentiles. Another Targum: Forwhen your anger grows strong against your people, they will repent and give thanks to your name, and you turnfrom anger; but against the remnant of the Gentiles you will gird on the instruments of anger.

12.  Makevows and fulfill [them] in the presence of the Lordyour God, all you who dwell around his sanctuary; let them bring offerings to his awesome temple.

13.  Hewill diminish the arrogant spirits ofthe leaders; [he is] dreadful to allthe kings of the earth.

Psalm 77

1.    For praise; composed by Jeduthunfor Asaph; a psalm.

2.    My voice is [raised] in the presence of the Lord, and I will complain; my voice is [raised] in the presence of God; hear myutterance!

3.    In the day of my distress, I sought instruction from the presence of the Lord;the spirit of prophecy rested on me in the night; my eye ran withtears and will not stop; my soul refused tobe comforted.

4.    I will remember God and I will tremble in the presence of the Lord;I will speak, and my spirit will be weary forever.

5.    You have shut the lids of my eyes; I am smitten, and I will not speak.

6.    I have counted up the good dayswhich were at the beginning, the good years of long ago.

7.    I will remember my psalm in the night; I will speak with the thoughtsof my heart, and the mind of my spirit will examine miracles.

8.    Can the Lord be far off forever, and no longer show favor again?

9.    Can he have cut off his favor forever? Is the decree of evil complete for all generations?

10.  CanGod have forgotten to have pity? Or has he gotten too angry to sustain his compassion forever?

11.  AndI said, “It is my sickness; theyhave forgotten the might of the right hand of the Most High.” Another Targum: And I said, “It is my petition, years that he shortened by days.”[20]

12.  Iwill remember the acts of God, for Iwill remember your wonders from of old.

13.  AndI meditated on all your good works, andI will speak of the intricacy of your miracles.

14.  OGod, because your ways are holy, whatgod is great like the God of Israel?

15.  Youare the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among thepeoples.

16.  Youhave redeemed your people with the strength of your arm, the sons thatJacob sired and whom Joseph fed, forever.

17.  Theysaw your presence in the midst of the sea,O God; they saw your might by the sea; the Gentiles trembled,even the deeps will be shaken.

18.  Theclouds of heaven made water descend, theheights gave voice; also comes the hail, your arrows, and are ablaze.

19.  Thesound of your outcry was heard in thesphere; lightning lit up the world, the earth rattled and shook.

20.  Inthe sea of Suph [was] your path, andyour highway in the many waters; and the track of your steps were not discerned.

21.  Youguided your people as a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78

1.    A teaching of the Holy Spirit, composed by Asaph. Hear, O my people, my Torah; incline your ears to theutterances of my mouth.

2.    I will open my mouth in a proverb; I will declare riddles from ancienttimes.

3.    Which we have heard and known, and [which] our fathers told to us.

4.    We will not hide it from their sons, recounting the psalms of the Lord to a later generation, and hismight, and the wonders that he performed.

5.    And he established a witness among those of the house of Jacob, and he decreed a Torah among those of the house of Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach totheir sons.

6.    So that another generation, sons still to be born, should know; theywill arise and tell it to their children.

7.    And they will place their hope in God, and not forget the works of God,and they will keep his commandments.

8.    And they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and vexing generation, a generation whose heart was not firm withits lord, and its spirit was not faithfulto God.

9.    While they were living in Egypt,the sons of Ephraim became arrogant; they calculated the appointedtime, and erred; they went out thirty years before the appointed time, with weapons of war, and warriors bearing bows. They turned around and werekilled on the day of battle.

10.  Because they did not keep the covenant of God and refused towalk in his Torah.

11.  Andthe people, the house of Israel, forgothis deeds and his wonders that he showed them.

12.  Infront of[21] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, andthe tribes of their ancestors, he performedwonders in the land of Egypt, the field of Tanis.

13.  Hesplit the sea with the staff of Moses their leader, and made them to pass through, and he made thewater stand up, fastened like askin bottle.

14.  Andhe guided them with the cloud by day, and all of the night with the light offire.

15.  Hesplit mountains[22] with the staff of Moses theirleader in the wilderness; and he gave drinkas if from the great deeps.

16.  Andhe brought forth streams of water fromthe rock, and he made water come down like flowing rivers.

17.  Butthey continued still to sin before him,to provoke anger in thepresence of the Most High in the dry wilderness.

18.  Andthey tempted God in their heart, to ask for food for their souls.

19.  Andthey complained in the presence of the Lord; they said, “Is there theability in the presence of God to set atable in the wilderness?”

20.  Behold,he already has smitten a rock, and watergushed out, and streams flowed; is he also able to give bread, or to arrange food for his people?

21.  Then it was heardin the presence of God, and he was angry,and fire was made to come up on those of the house of Jacob, and also harsh anger came up on Israel.

22.  Forthey did not believe in God, and did not put their trust in his redemption.

23.  Andhe commanded the skies above and he opened the windows of heaven.

24.  Andhe made descend on them manna to eat, and he gave them the grain of heaven.

25.  Thesons of men ate food that camedown from the abode of angels; he sent[23]them provisions unto satiety.

26.  Hemade the east wind move in the heavens,and guided the south wind by hisstrength.

27.  Andhe made flesh descend on them like dust,and flying fowl like the sand ofthe sea.

28.  Andhe made them fall[24] in the midst of his camp, roundabout its tents.

29.  Andthey ate and were very satisfied; so he brought to them their craving.

30.  Theydid not turn from their craving, still their food was in their mouth –

31.  Andthe anger of God went up on them, and he slew some of their champions, and he subdued the young men of Israel.

32.  Forall this they sinned again, and did not believe in his wonders.

33.  Andhe ended their days with nothingness, and their years with disaster.

34.  Whenever he killed them, they sought him, repenting; and they will repent and pray in thepresence of God.

35.  Andthey remembered, for God is their strength,and the Most High God is their redeemer.

36.  Andthey enticed him with their mouth, and they lie to him with their tongue.[25]

37.  Becausetheir heart was not faithful[26] to him, and they did not believe in his covenant.

38.  Buthe is merciful, atoning for their sins,and does not destroy them; and hefrequently turns from his anger,and he will not hasten all his wrath against them.

39.  Andhe remembers that they are sons offlesh, a breath that goes away and does not return.

40.  Howthey would rebel [PC1] against him in the wilderness! Theywould cause anger in his presence in a desolate place.

41.  Andthey turned and tempted God, and brought regret to the Holy One of Israel.

42.  Theydid not remember his miracle, and the day that he redeemed them from the oppressor.

43.  Whoset out his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.

44.  Andhe turned their canals to blood, andthey could not drink from their streams.

45.  Hewill incite against them amass of wild animals, and exterminate them;likewise frogs, and he willslaughter them.

46.  Andhe gave and handed over their grain tothe grasshopper, and their toil to the locust.

47.  Andhe stripped their vines with hail, andtheir sycamores with locusts.

48.  Andhe handed over their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to sparks of fire.

49.  Hewill incite against them twohundred and fifty plagues in the harshness of his anger, in wrath, and in hostility, and inwoe; which are sent indue time by evil messengers.[27]

50.  Hewill travel on the path of his harshness, not keeping their soul from death, and handing overtheir cattle to the plague.

51.  Andhe slew all the firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of their sorrow in the tents of Ham.

52.  Andhe led his people like a flock, and guided them like a sheep flock[28]in the wilderness.

53.  Andhe settled them securely, and they did not fear; and the sea covered theirenemies.

54.  Andhe brought them into the territory of the site of the Temple, the same mountain that his right hand created.

55.  Andhe drove out the Gentiles before them, and settled them in the lot of his inheritance, andsettled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

56.  Butthey tempted and provoked in the presenceof God Most High, and they did not keep his testimony.

57.  Andthey relapsed and did evil like theirfathers; they became bent like a bow that shoots arrows.

58.  Andthey caused anger in his presence with their libations; and they made him jealous with their idols andimages.

59.  Itwas heard in the presence of God, and he became angry, and his soul was very disgusted with Israel.

60.  Andhe abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent where his presence did abide among the sons of men.

61.  Andhe handed over his Torah to captivity,and his splendor to the hand of the oppressor.

62.  Andhe handed over his people to those who slay with the sword, and became angry with his inheritance.

63.  Thefire consumed his young men, and his young women were not respected.

64.  Hispriests will fall[PC2]  with the killing of the sword, and his widows had no time to weep. AnotherTargum: At the time when the Philistines captured the ark ofthe Lord, the priests of Shiloh, Hophni andPhinehas fell by the sword; andat the time when they informed his wives,they did not weep, for they too died on that same day.

65.  Andthe Lord woke up like a sleeper,like a man[29] who opens his eyes from wine.

66.  Andhe smote his oppressors on their behinds with hemorrhoids; he gave them eternal disgrace.

67.  Andhe was disgusted with the tabernacle spread over the territory of Joseph; and he took no pleasure in the tribe of Ephraim.

68.  Buthe was pleased with the tribe of Judah,with Mount Zion that he loves.

69.  Andhe built his sanctuary like the horn ofthe wild ox, fixed like the earththat he founded forever and ever.

70.  Andhe was pleased with David his servant,and took him from the flocks ofsheep.

71.  Andhe brought him [away] from [following] after sucklings to rule over Jacob his people, and over Israel hisinheritance.

72.  Andhe reigned over them in the perfectionof his heart, and he will guide them by the understanding of his hands.

Psalm 79

1.    A psalm composed by Asaph aboutthe destruction of the Temple. Hesaid in the spirit of prophecy: O God, theGentiles are entering your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple,they have made Jerusalem a desolation.

2.    They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of heaven forfood, the flesh of your pious ones to the wild beasts.

3.    They have poured out their blood like water around Jerusalem, and thereis none to bury.

4.    We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, a subject of scorn andmockery to our surroundings.

5.    How long, O Lord, will yoube fierce – forever? [How long] will your zeal burn like fire?

6.    Pour out your wrath on the Gentiles who have not known you, and on thekingdoms who have not prayed in yourname.

7.    For they have destroyed thehouse of Jacob, and made desolate his sanctuary.

8.    Do not remember against us trespasses which were from the beginning; inhaste, may your favors go before us, for we have become very destitute.

9.    Help us, O God our redemption, because of your glorious name; and redeemus, and atone for our sins, for the sake of your name.

10.  Whyshould the Gentiles say, “Where is their God?” Let the punishment for the bloodof your servants that has been spilled be revealed in our sight among the Gentiles.

11.  Letthe groan of the prisoners come before you like the great strength of your arm; release the children who have been handed over to death.

12.  Andgive back to our neighbors a seven-fold requital for the punishment of their oaths, and the aspersions theycast on you, O Lord.

13.  Butwe are your people, and the sheep of your pasture; we will give thanks in yourpresence forever; for all generations we will recite your praise.

Psalm 80

1.    For praise; concerning those who sit in the Sanhedrin who occupythemselves with the testimony ofthe Torah; composed by Asaph; a psalm.[30]

2.    Caretaker of Israel, hear; youwho guide the coffin of Josephlike a flock; you whose presenceabides between the cherubim,shine forth.

3.    Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your mighty power for us; and it is right for youto redeem us.

4.    O God, bring us back from our exile,and shine the splendor of yourcountenance upon us, and we will be redeemed.

5.    O Lord God Sabaoth, howlong have you not accepted the prayer ofyour people!

6.    You fed them bread soaked intears, and you made them drink the wine of tears in triple measure.

7.    You made us a source of contention for our neighbors, and our enemieswill jeer at them.

8.    God Sabaoth, bring us back from our exile, and shine the splendor ofyour countenance upon us, and we will be redeemed.

9.    The house of Israel, which is likened to a vine, you brought out of Egypt; you chased away the Gentiles fromthe land of Israel and planted them.

10.  Youcleared out the Canaanites before them,and you uprooted their roots and filled the land.

11.  Themountains of Jerusalem cover the shadow ofthe temple, and the academies,say the scholars, are strong,[31]which are likened to mightycedars.

12.  Youmade branches grow, you sent out her pupils to the Great Sea, and her children tothe river Euphrates.

13.  Whyhave you attacked her walls? and [now]all those who pass on the way are pruning her.

14.  Theboar from the forest will root her up,and the wild cock will be sustainedby her.

15.  GodSabaoth, turn now, look from heaven, and see, and remember this vine in mercy.

16.  Andthe branch that your right hand planted, and the King Messiah whomyou made mighty for yourself.

17.  [Itis] being burned by fire and crushed; theywill perish because of the rebuke that [comes] from your presence.

18.  Letyour hand be on the man to whom you have sworn with your right hand, on the son of man whom you mademighty for yourself.

19.  Wewill not turn away from the fear of you;you will sustain us and we willcall on your name.

20.  OLord God Sabaoth, bring us back fromexile; shine the splendor of your countenance upon us and we will be redeemed.

Psalm 81

1.      For praise; on the lyre that comes from Gath, composed by Asaph.

2.      Give praise in the presence of God, our strength; shout in the presenceof the God of Jacob.

3.      Lift up the voice in praise, and setout[32] timbrels, the lyre whose sound is sweet with harps.

4.      Blow the horn in the month of Tishri,in the month in which the day ofour festivals is concealed.

5.      For he made a covenant forIsrael; it is a legal ruling ofthe God of Jacob.

6.      He made it a testimony forJoseph, who did not go near the wife of his master; on that day he went out of the prison and ruled over all the land ofEgypt. The tongue I did not know I have taught [and] heard.

7.      I have removed his shoulder from servitude; his hands were taken awayfrom casting clay into a pot.

8.      In the time of the distress ofEgypt, you called and I delivered you; Imade you fast[33] in the secret place where mypresence is, where wheels of firecall out before him; I tested you by thewaters of Dispute forever.

9.      Hear, O my people, and I will bear witness for you, O Israel, if youwill accept my word.

10.   There shall not be among you worshippers of a foreign idol, and you shall not bow down to a profane idol.

11.   I am the Lord your God, whobrought you up from the land of Egypt; open wide your mouth with the wordsof Torah, and I will fill it withall good things.

12.   But my people did not receive myvoice; and Israel did not want my word.

13.   And I expelled them for the thoughtsof their heart, they went away in their wicked counsel.

14.   Would that my people had listened to me – that Israel would walk in myways!

15.   In a little while I will humble their enemies, and I will turn my strongblow against their enemies.

16.   The enemies of the Lordwill be false to him; and their harshnesswill last forever.

17.   But he will feed him with the bestof wheat bread; and I willsatisfy you with honey from the rock.

Psalm 82

1.    A hymn composed by Asaph. God, hispresence abides in the assembly of therighteous who are strong in Torah; he willgive judgment in the midst of the righteous judges.

2.    How long, O wicked, will youjudge falsely, and lift up the faces of the wicked forever?

3.    Judge the poor and the orphan; acquit the needy and the poor.

4.    Save the poor and needy, from the hands of the wicked deliver them.

5.    They do not know how to do good,and they do not understand the Torah,they walk in darkness; because of this, the pillars of theearth’s foundations shake.

6.    I said, “You are reckoned as angels,and all of you are like angels of the height.”

7.    But truly you will die like thesons of men; and like one of the leadersyou will fall.

8.    Arise, O Lord, judge allthe inhabitants of the earth; for you willpossess all the Gentiles.

Psalm 83

1.    A song and psalm composed by Asaph.

2.    God, do not become silent; do not be uncaring, and do not be quiet, OGod.

3.    For, behold, your enemies are stirred up, and your foes have liftedtheir head.

4.    Against your people they have contrived a secret plan, and they takecounsel together against things hidden in your treasuries.

5.    They say, “Come, let us conceal them from being a people, and the nameof Israel will not be mentioned[34] again.”

6.    For they take counsel together against you with all their heart, and make a covenant on your account.

7.    The tents of the Edomites and Arabs,the Moabites and Hungarites.

8.    The Gublites and Ammonites and Amalekites, the Philistines with theinhabitants of Tyre.

9.    Also Sennacherib, king ofAssyria, allied himself with them; they became a support for the sons of Lot forever.

10.  Doto them as you did to Midian, to Sisera,and as you did to Jabin at thestream of Kishon.

11.  Theywere destroyed at the spring of Dor; they were as dung that is trampled onthe earth.[35]

12.  Makethem and their chiefs like Oreb and likeZeeb; and all their kings likeZeba and Zalmunna.

13.  Whohad said, “We will inherit for ourselves all the fields[36] of the god Elohim.”

14.  Omy God, make them like a wheel that keeps on rolling and does not stop, downa slope; and like straw before a storm.

15.  Likefire that burns in the forest, and likethe flame that ignites the plants ofthe mountains.

16.  Thuswill you pursue them with your storm wind, and you will frighten them with yourgale.

17.  Filltheir faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord.

18.  Theywill be ashamed and terrified for ages upon ages; and they will be disgraced and will perish.

19.  Andthey will know that you, your name the Lord,are alone supreme over all the inhabitants of the earth.

Psalm 84

1.    For praise, on the lyre that comes from Gath; composed by thesons of Korah; a psalm.

2.    How beloved are your tents, O LordSabaoth!

3.    My soul craved and even yearnedfor the court of the Lord; myheart and flesh meditate on the enduring God.

4.    Even the dove has found a house,and the turtledove a nest that is suitable for her hatchlings – to be sacrificed on your altars, O LordSabaoth, my king and my God.

5.    Happy are the righteous who dwellin your sanctuary;[37]again they will praise you forever.

6.    Happy the man who has his strength in your word; trustis in their hearts.

7.    The wicked who cross over thevalleys of Gehenna, weeping – he will make[38] their weeping like a fountain; also those who return to theteaching of his Torah he will cover withblessings.

8.    The righteous go from thesanctuary to the academies; theirtoil in the Torah will be manifest beforethe Lord, whose presenceabides in Zion.

9.    David said, “O Lord, God Sabaoth, receive my prayer; hear, O God of Jacob, forever.”

10.  See,O God, the merits of our fathers, andbehold the face of your anointed.

11.  Forit is better to dwell one day in thecourtyard of your sanctuary thana thousand in exile; I havechosen to adhere to the sanctuaryof God rather than to live in the tents of wickedness.

12.  Forthe Lord God is like a highwall and a strong shield; the Lordwill give grace and glory; he will not hide goodness from those who walk in perfection.

13.  OLord Sabaoth, it is well for the sonof man who trusts in your word.

Psalm 85

1.    For praise; composed by the sonsof Korah; a psalm.

2.    You delighted, O Lord, inyour land; you brought back the captivity of the house of Jacob.

3.    You forgave the sins of your people; you covered all their faultsforever.

4.    You withdrew all your anger; you turned from the harshness of your anger.

5.    Turn to us, O God our redemption; and revoke your anger against us.

6.    Can it be that you will act harshlyagainst us forever? Will you prolong out[39] your harshness for all generations?

7.    Will you not again revive us? And your people will rejoice in yourword.

8.    Show us, O Lord, yourgoodness; and may your redemption be given[40] to us.[41]

9.    I will hear what God, the Lord,will say; for he will speak peace to his people and to his pious ones, and theywill not return to heathenism.[42]

10.  Trulyhis redemption is near to those who fear him, to make glory abide in our land.

11.  Favorand truth meet, righteousness and peace have joined[43]together.

12.  Truthgrew up from the land; and righteousness looked out from heaven.

13.  Alsothe Lord[44] willgive what is good; and our land will give its produce.

14.  Righteousnesswill walk before him; and he set his steps on a good path.

Psalm 86

1.    A prayer that David prayed. Incline, O Lord,your ear; answer me, for I am poor and needy.

2.    Protect my soul, for I am pious; redeem your servant – you, O my God –for I do put my trust in you.

3.    Have mercy on me, O Lord,for I will pray in your presence all theday.

4.    Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, will I lift up my soul in prayer.

5.    For you are the Lord, good tothe righteous and forgiving tothose who turn to his Torah, andmultiplying favor to all who pray in your presence.

6.    Hear, O Lord, my prayer;and accept the voice of mysupplications.

7.    On the day of my distress, I will call to you, for you answer me.

8.    There is none besides you among the angels on high,[45] O Lord,and there is nothing like your deeds.

9.    All the Gentiles you have made shall come and bow down before you, O Lord; and they shall give glory to yourname.

10.  Foryou are great, O God, and you do wonders – you alone are God.

11.  Teachme, O Lord, your ways; I will walkin your truth; unify my heart to fear your name.

12.  Iwill give thanks in your presence,[46]O Lord my God, with all my heart;and I will glorify your name forever.

13.  Foryour goodness towards me is great; and you have delivered my soul from lowestSheol.

14.  OGod, arrogant men have risen against me, and mighty men have sought my soul; and they have not kept you infront of them.

15.  Andyou, O Lord, are a Godcompassionate and merciful, putting away anger, and showing much favorand truth.

16.  Turnunto me and pity me; give your strength to your servant, and redeem the son ofyour handmaiden.

17.  Performfor me a miracle for good; when my son Solomon shall bring the ark into thesanctuary, let the gates be opened on my account and my enemies will see that you have forgiven me, and they will be ashamed and confess; for you are the Lord,you have helped me and comforted me.

Psalm 87

1.    Uttered by the sons of Korah. Asong that was established at the instruction of the fathers of old.

2.    The Lord loves theentrances to the academies established inZion more than all the synagoguesof the house of Jacob.

3.    Glorious words have been spokenof you, O city of God, forever.

4.    The Egyptians and Babylonians havereminded those who know you of your praises; behold, the Philistines and Tyrians, with the Ethiopians; this king was brought up there.

5.    And of Zion it will be said, “King David and Solomon his son were brought up within it; and God shall build it above.”[47]

6.    O Lord, in the book inwhich they write the account of all the ages[it is written], “This king wasbrought up[48] there forever.”

7.    And they utter songs with celebration – all kinds of psalms with sacrifice are uttered in your midst.

Psalm 88

1.    A song and a psalm composed bythe sons of Korah, with a prayer;for praise; a good lesson composedby Heman the native.

2.    O Lord God my redemption, daily I have made complaint; in the night myprayer is before you.

3.    May my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my plea. AnotherTargum: Let my prayer for your people, the house of Israel, come before you; and incline your ear to my psalmthat I have sung for your glory.

4.    For my soul has had its fill of evils; and my life has arrived at Sheol.

5.    I am reckoned with those who go down to the prison-house; I have become like a son of man whohas no strength.

6.    Like the wicked who died anddid not return, having been made free fromstrife; like those slain by thesword, lying in the grave, whom you nolonger remember, since they have been separated from the face of yourpresence.

7.    You have placed me in exile, which is likened to the lower pit, among the oppressed in the depths.

8.    Your fury rests on me, and all evil decrees have broken me; you have afflicted me forever.

9.    You have removed those who know me far from me; you have made meloathsome to them; enclosed in prison,and I may not go out.

10.  Myeye has flowed with tears because ofaffliction; every day I have called to you, O lord;I have spread my hands to you in prayer.

11.  Couldit be that you would work miracles for the dead? Or will bodies that havedecayed[49] in dust arise [and] give thanks in your presence forever?

12.  Couldit be that your goodness will be talked of in the grave? Your truth in theplace of perdition?

13.  Couldit be that your wonders will be known in the darkness of Gehenna? And your generosity in the land of thirstand desolation?

14.  ButI have prayed in your presence, O lord; and in the morning my prayer willcome before you.

15.  Why,O lord, have you forsaken[50]my soul, why will you hide your face from me, that I may not seeillumination by your light?

16.  Iam afflicted and frail from childhood; Ihave borne the fear of you, loaded upon me.

17.  Youranger has passed over me; your terrors have destroyed me.

18.  Theyhave surrounded me like water all day; they have encompassed me together.

19.  Youhave removed friend and fellow far from me; as for those who know me, I am lowly in their mouth.[51]

Psalm 89

1.    A good lesson uttered by Abraham, who came from the east.

2.    I will praise the kindness of the Lordforever; from generation to generation I will make known your truth with mymouth.

3.    For I said, “The world will be built by kindness; you will establish your truth in the heavens.”

4.    I made a covenant with Abraham mychosen; I confirmed it with myservant David.

5.    I will establish your sonsforever; and for every generation I will build your royal throne forever.

6.    And the heavens[52] will confess your wonders, O Lord; also your truth in the assembly ofthe holy ones.

7.    For who in the clouds can be set beside the Lord? Who resembles the Lordin the multitudes of angels?

8.    God is mighty in the mysteries ofthe holy ones; sitting on the throne of glory, great and fearsome over all the angels who standaround him.

9.    O Lord God above thehosts of the height, who is like you instrength, O Lord? And your truthis around you.

10.  Yourule over the pride of the sea; when its waves increase and become high, you will subdue them.

11.  Youhave crushed Rahab, that is, wicked Pharaoh,like one slain by the sword; withthe might of your strong arm youhave scattered your enemies.

12.  Yoursis the heaven, yea, yours is the earth; you have founded the world and all itscontents.

13.  Thedeserts in the north and thosewho dwell in the south, you created them;Tabor in the west and Hermon inthe east sing praise in your name.

14.  Yoursis the arm with strength; your hand will be strong to redeem your people; your right hand will be raised to perfectyour sanctuary.

15.  Righteousnessand justice are the dwelling place of your glorious throne; favor and truth go before your face.

16.  Happythe people who know to please their creator with a shout; O Lord, in the splendid light of your countenance they will walk andbe acquitted in judgment.

17.  Inyour name they will rejoice all day, and by your righteousness they will beexalted.

18.  Foryou are the splendor of their strength, and by your will their horn[53] is exalted.

19.  Forour shields belong to the Lord, and our king belongs to theLord, the Holy One of Israel.

20.  Thenyou spoke in a vision to your pious ones, and you said, “I have set up a helperfor my people by the hand of one mighty in Torah; I have set apart a youth from among the people.”

21.  Ihave found David my servant, with theholy oil I anointed him.

22.  Whommy hands are ready to help; truly my arm will strengthen him.

23.  Theenemy will not make him go astray; the son of wickedness will not afflict him.

24.  AndI will crush his oppressors before him, and I will smite his foes.

25.  Andmy truth and goodness are with him; in the name of my word his glorywill be exalted.

26.  AndI will place his dominion at theharbors of the sea, and the mightof his right hand on those whodwell by the rivers.

27.  Hewill call to me, “You are my father (abba),my God, and the strength of myredemption.”

28.  AlsoI will make him first-born of the kings of the house of Judah, the highest of the kings of the earth.

29.  Iwill preserve my goodness to him forever; and my covenant is constant for him.

30.  AndI will set up his sons forever, and histhrone for as many days as the heavens will last.

31.  Ifhis sons abandon my Torah, and do not walk in my judgments,

32.  Ifthey violate my covenant, and do notkeep my commandments,

33.  ThenI will punish their rebellions by means of the rod of the wicked, and their iniquities by the demons that plague them.

34.  Butmy goodness I will not revoke from him, and I will not be false to myfaithfulness.

35.  Iwill not violate my covenant, and the utterance of my lips I will not change.

36.  OnceI have sworn by my holy name: “I willnot lie to David.”

37.  Hissons will exist forever, and his throneis bright as the sun before me.

38.  Likethe moon that is set for an eternal sign,and a faithful witness in the sky forever.

39.  Butyou have forsaken and rejected, grown angry with your anointed.

40.  Youhave changed the covenant with your servant; you have profaned his crown to theearth.

41.  Youhave forced all his strongholds, you have made his open villages a ruin.

42.  Allwho pass on the road have trampled him;he has become a disgrace to his neighbors.

43.  Youhave raised the right hand of his oppressors; you have gladdened all hisenemies.

44.  Alsoyou will turn aside his sword[54] and you have not supported him[55]in battle.

45.  Youhave abolished the priests who sprinkle [blood] on the altar and cleanse his people, and you have cast to the ground his royal throne.

46.  Youhave cut short the days of his young men; you have covered him with shame anddisgrace forever.

47.  Howlong, O Lord, will you removeyour presence forever? [How long] willyour rage burn like fire?

48.  Rememberthat I was created from dust; why have you created all the sons of men for vanity?

49.  Whois the man who will live and not see theangel of death, who will deliver his soulfrom his hand, and notgo down to his grave forever?

50.  Whereare your favors which were from the beginning, O Lord, which you sworeto David in your faithfulness?

51.  Remember,O Lord, the disgrace of yourservant; I have borne in my bosom all theinsults of many peoples.

52.  Foryour enemies have scorned, O Lord,for they have scorned the delay of thefootsteps of your Messiah, O Lord.

53.  Blessedbe the name of the Lord in this age, amen and amen. Blessed be the name ofthe Lord in the age to come, amenand amen.