Psalms 84-86

Psalm 84

¹To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

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

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, -- they, in whose heart are the highways.

⁶Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength: each one will appear before God in Zion.

⁸Jehovah, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

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

¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

¹²Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!

Psalm 85

¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob:

²Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

³Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.

⁴Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

⁵Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?

⁶Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

⁷Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation.

⁸I will hear what God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.

⁹Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:

¹¹Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.

¹²Jehovah also will give what is good, and our land shall yield its increase.

¹³Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way.

Psalm 86

¹A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

²Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

³Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

⁴Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

⁶Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

⁷In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

⁸Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.

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

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

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

¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

¹³For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

¹⁴O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

¹⁵But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

¹⁶Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

¹⁷Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.