Psalms 81; Psalms 88; Psalms 92-93 - Prayer Tents

81[For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.] Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob.H5329H1665H623H7442H430H5797H7321H430H3290 2Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.H5375H2172H5414H8596H5273H3658H5035 3Blow the ram’s horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival!H8628H7782H2320H3677H2282H3117 4For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.H2706H3478H4941H430H3290 5He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say,H7760H3084H5715H3318H776H4714H8085H8193H3045 6“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.H5493H7926H5447H3709H5674H1731 7You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. InterludeH7121H6869H2502H6030H5643H7482H974H4325H4809H5542 8“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!H8085H5971H5749H3478H8085 9You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.H2114H410H7812H5236H410 10For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.H3068H430H5927H776H4714H6310H7337H4390 11“But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around.H5971H8085H6963H3478H14 12So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.H7971H3820H8307H3212H4156 13Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!H3863H5971H8085H3478H1980H1870 14How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes!H4592H3665H341H7725H3027H6862 15Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever.H8130H3068H3584H6256H5769 16But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.”H398H2459H2406H1706H6697H7646

88[For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm of Heman the Ezrahite.] O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.H7892H4210H1121H7141H5329H4257H6031H4905H1968H250H3068H430H3444H6817H3117H3915 2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.H8605H935H6440H5186H241H7440 3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.H5315H7646H7451H2416H5060H7585 4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.H2803H3381H953H1397H353 5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.H2670H4191H2491H7901H6913H2142H1504H3027 6You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.H7896H8482H953H4285H4688 7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. InterludeH2534H5564H6031H4867H5542 8You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.H7368H3045H7368H7896H8441H3607H3318 9My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my hands to you for mercy.H5869H1669H6040H3068H7121H3117H7849H3709 10Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? InterludeH6213H6382H4191H7496H6965H3034H5542 11Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?H2617H5608H6913H530H11 12Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?H6382H3045H2822H6666H776H5388 13O Lord, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.H7768H3068H1242H8605H6923 14O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?H3068H2186H5315H5641H6440 15I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.H6041H1478H5290H5375H367H6323 16Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.H2740H5674H1161H6789 17They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.H5437H3117H4325H5362H3162 18You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.H157H7453H7368H3045H4285

92[A psalm. A song to be sung on the Sabbath Day.] It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.H4210H7892H7676H3117H2896H3034H3068H2167H8034H59452It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening,H5046H2617H1242H530H39153accompanied by the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.H6218H5035H3658H19024You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.H3068H8055H6467H7442H4639H30275O Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.H3068H1431H4639H4284H3966H60096Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this.H1198H376H3045H3684H9957Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.H7563H6524H6212H6466H205H6692H8045H57038But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.H3068H4791H57699Your enemies, Lord, will surely perish; all evildoers will be scattered.H341H3068H341H6H6466H205H650410But you have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil.H7161H7311H7214H1101H7488H808111My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.H5869H5027H7790H241H8085H7489H696512But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.H6662H6524H8558H7685H730H384413For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.H8362H1004H3068H6524H2691H43014Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.H5107H7872H1879H748815They will declare, “The Lord is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!”H5046H3068H3477H6697H5766H5766

93The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty. Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.H3068H4427H3847H1348H3068H3847H5797H247H8398H3559H4131 2Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past.H3678H3559H227H5769 3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.H5104H5375H3068H5104H5375H6963H5104H5375H1796 4But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore—the Lord above is mightier than these!H3068H4791H117H6963H7227H4325H117H4867H3220 5Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O Lord, is holy forever and ever.H5713H3966H539H6944H4998H1004H3068H753H3117