Psalm 80-83

O God, Restore Us

Psa 80:1 LSB - [1] For the choir director. El Shoshannim. Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. 

O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, 

You who guide Joseph like a flock; 

You who are enthroned [above] the cherubim, shine forth!

Psa 80:3 LSB - [3] O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine [upon us], that we would be saved.

Oh That My People Would Listen to Me

Psa 81:5 LSB - [5] He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went forth over the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:

Psa 81:8-10 LSB - [8] "Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! [9] "Let there be no strange god among you; And you shall not worship a foreign god. [10] "I am Yahweh your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

Psa 81:13 LSB - [13] "Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

God Stands in Judgment

Psa 82:1 LSB - [1] A Psalm of Asaph. 

God takes His stand in the congregation of God; 

He judges in the midst of gods.

Psa 82:6-7 LSB - 

[6] I said, "You are gods, 

And all of you are sons of the Most High. 

[7] "Nevertheless you will die like men 

And you will fall like [any] one of the princes."

Jhn 10:34-36 LSB - 

[34] Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS'? 

[35] "If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 

[36] do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

 

O God, Do Not Be Quiet

Psa 83:1 LSB - [1] A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. 

O God, do not remain at rest; 

Do not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet.

Psa 83:18 LSB - 

[18] That they may know that You alone--Your name is Yahweh-- 

Are the Most High over all the earth.