Chapter 82
This
psalm admonishes those judges who feign ignorance of the law, dealing unjustly
with the pauper or the orphan, while coddling the rich and pocketing their
bribes.
1. A psalm by Asaph. G-d
stands in the council of judges; among the judges He renders judgment: 2. How
long will you judge wickedly, ever showing partiality toward the evildoers? 3.
Render justice to the needy and the orphan; deal righteously with the poor and
the destitute. 4. Rescue the needy and the pauper; deliver them from the hand
of the wicked. 5. But they do not know, nor do they understand; they go about
in darkness, [therefore] all the foundations of the earth tremble. 6. I said
that you are angels, supernal beings, all of you; 7. but you will die as
mortals, you will fall like any prince. 8. Arise, O G-d, judge the earth, for
You possess all the nations.
Chapter 83
A
prayer regarding the wars against Israel in the days of Jehoshaphat, when the
nations plotted against Israel.
1. A song, a psalm by
Asaph. 2. O G-d, do not be silent; do not be quiet and do not be still, O G-d.
3. For behold, Your enemies are in uproar, and those who hate You have raised
their head. 4. They plot deviously against Your nation, and conspire against
those sheltered by You. 5. They say, "Come, let us sever them from
nationhood, and the name of Israel will be remembered no more.” 6. For they
conspire with a unanimous heart, they made a covenant against You- 7. the tents
of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 8. Geval and Ammon, and
Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre. 9. Assyria, too, joined with
them, and became the strength of the sons of Lot, Selah. 10. Do to them as to
Midian; as to Sisera and Yavin at the brook of Kishon, 11. who were destroyed
at Ein Dor, and were as dung for the earth. 12. Make their nobles like Orev and
Ze'ev, all their princes like Zevach and Tzalmuna,1 13. who said, "Let us inherit the dwellings of G-d
for ourselves.” 14. My G-d, make them like whirling chaff, like straw before
the wind. 15. As a fire consumes the forest, and a flame sets the mountains
ablaze, 16. so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.
17. Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek Your Name, O Lord. 18. Let
them be shamed and terrified forever; let them be disgraced and perish. 19. And
they will know that You, Whose Name is the Lord, are alone, Most High over all
the earth.
Chapter 84
In this
psalm of prayers and entreaties, the psalmist mourns bitterly over the
destruction of Temple from the depths of his heart, and speaks of the many
blessings that will be realized upon its restoration. Fortunate is the one who
trusts it will be rebuilt, and does not despair in the face of this long exile.
1. For the Conductor, on
the gittit,1 a psalm by the sons of Korach. 2. How beloved are
Your dwellings, O Lord of Hosts! 3. My soul yearns, indeed it pines, for the
courtyards of the Lord; my heart and my flesh [long to] sing to the living G-d.
4. Even the bird has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where
she lays her young on the [ruins of] Your altars, O Lord of Hosts, my King and
my G-d. 5. Fortunate are those who dwell in Your House; they will yet praise
You forever. 6. Fortunate is the man whose strength is in You; the paths [to
the Temple] are in his heart. 7. For those who pass through the Valley of
Thorns, He places wellsprings; their guide will be cloaked in blessings.2 8. They go from strength to strength; they will
appear before G-d in Zion. 9. O Lord, G-d of Hosts, hear my prayer; listen, O G-d
of Jacob, forever. 10. See our shield,3 O G-d, and look upon the face of Your anointed one.
11. For better one day in Your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would
rather stand at the threshold of the house of my G-d, than dwell [in comfort]
in the tents of wickedness. 12. For the Lord, G-d, is a sun and a shield; the
Lord bestows favor and glory; He does not withhold goodness from those who walk
in innocence. 13. O Lord of Hosts! Fortunate is the man who trusts in You.
TIKKUN HAKLALI
Chapter 90
1. A prayer of Moses, the man of G-d. O Lord, You have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2. Before the mountains were born, and You brought forth the earth and the inhabited world, and from everlasting to everlasting, You are G-d.
3. You bring man to the crushing point, and You say, "Return, O sons of men."
4. For a thousand years are in Your eyes like yesterday, which passed, and a watch in the night.
PSALM 89
29. I will forever keep My kindness for him, and My covenant will remain true to him.
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