83:1 O God, do not keep silence;
  do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
  those who hate you have raised their heads.
They lay crafty plans against your people;
  they consult together against your treasured ones.
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
  let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
For they conspire with one accord;
  against you they make a covenant—
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
  Moab and the Hagrites,
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
  Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Asshur also has joined them;
  they are the strong arm of the children of Lot.     Selah

Do to them as you did to Midian,
  as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
who were destroyed at En-dor,
  who became dung for the ground.
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
  all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves
  of the pastures of God.”

O my God, make them like whirling dust,
  like chaff before the wind.
As fire consumes the forest,
  as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
so may you pursue them with your tempest
  and terrify them with your hurricane!
Fill their faces with shame,
  that they may seek your name, O LORD.
Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
  let them perish in disgrace,
that they may know that you alone,
  whose name is the LORD,
  are the Most High over all the earth.

42:1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,
  so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
  for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my food
  day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
  “Where is your God?”
These things I remember,
  as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
  and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
  a multitude keeping festival.

Why are you cast down, O my soul,
  and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
  my salvation 6 and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
  therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
  from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
  at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
  have gone over me.
By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
  and at night his song is with me,
  a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God, my rock:
  “Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
  because of the oppression of the enemy?”
As with a deadly wound in my bones,
  my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
  “Where is your God?”

Why are you cast down, O my soul,
  and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
  my salvation and my God.

43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
  against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
  deliver me!
For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
  why have you rejected me?
Why do I go about mourning
  because of the oppression of the enemy?

Send out your light and your truth;
  let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
  and to your dwelling!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
  to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
  O God, my God.

Why are you cast down, O my soul,
  and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
  my salvation and my God.

85:1 LORD, you were favorable to your land;
  you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
You forgave the iniquity of your people;
  you covered all their sin.     Selah
You withdrew all your wrath;
  you turned from your hot anger.

Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
  and put away your indignation toward us!
Will you be angry with us forever?
  Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
Will you not revive us again,
  that your people may rejoice in you?
Show us your steadfast love, O LORD,
  and grant us your salvation.

Let me hear what God the LORD will speak,
  for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;
  but let them not turn back to folly.
Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
  that glory may dwell in our land.

Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
  righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
  and righteousness looks down from the sky.
Yes, the LORD will give what is good,
  and our land will yield its increase.
Righteousness will go before him
  and make his footsteps a way.

86:1 Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me,
  for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am godly;
  save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.
Be gracious to me, O Lord,
  for to you do I cry all the day.
Gladden the soul of your servant,
  for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
  abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;
  listen to my plea for grace.
In the day of my trouble I call upon you,
  for you answer me.

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
  nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come
  and worship before you, O Lord,
  and shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things;
  you alone are God.
Teach me your way, O LORD,
  that I may walk in your truth;
  unite my heart to fear your name.
I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
  and I will glorify your name forever.
For great is your steadfast love toward me;
  you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

O God, insolent men have risen up against me;
  a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
  and they do not set you before them.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Turn to me and be gracious to me;
  give your strength to your servant,
  and save the son of your maidservant.
Show me a sign of your favor,
  that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
  because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.