{"data":{"id":27217,"title":"Psalms 79-84","content":null,"audio_file":null,"date":"June 26","postscript":null,"passages":[{"book":"Psalm","chapter":79,"verse_range":"1-13","verses":[{"verse":1,"text":"O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins."},{"verse":2,"text":"They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth."},{"verse":3,"text":"They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them."},{"verse":4,"text":"We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us."},{"verse":5,"text":"How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?"},{"verse":6,"text":"Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name."},{"verse":7,"text":"For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation."},{"verse":8,"text":"Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low."},{"verse":9,"text":"Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name's sake."},{"verse":10,"text":"Why should the nations say, ``Where is their God?\" Let there be known among the nations in our sight, Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed."},{"verse":11,"text":"Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die."},{"verse":12,"text":"And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord."},{"verse":13,"text":"So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise."}]},{"book":"Psalm","chapter":80,"verse_range":"1-19","verses":[{"verse":1,"text":"Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!"},{"verse":2,"text":"Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us!"},{"verse":3,"text":"O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved."},{"verse":4,"text":"O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?"},{"verse":5,"text":"You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure."},{"verse":6,"text":"You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves."},{"verse":7,"text":"O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved."},{"verse":8,"text":"You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it."},{"verse":9,"text":"You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land."},{"verse":10,"text":"The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs."},{"verse":11,"text":"It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River."},{"verse":12,"text":"Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?"},{"verse":13,"text":"A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it."},{"verse":14,"text":"O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,"},{"verse":15,"text":"Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself."},{"verse":16,"text":"It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance."},{"verse":17,"text":"Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself."},{"verse":18,"text":"Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name."},{"verse":19,"text":"O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved."}]},{"book":"Psalm","chapter":81,"verse_range":"1-16","verses":[{"verse":1,"text":"Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob."},{"verse":2,"text":"Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp."},{"verse":3,"text":"Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day."},{"verse":4,"text":"For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob."},{"verse":5,"text":"He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:"},{"verse":6,"text":"``I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket."},{"verse":7,"text":"``You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah."},{"verse":8,"text":"``Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!"},{"verse":9,"text":"``Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god."},{"verse":10,"text":"``I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it."},{"verse":11,"text":"``But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me."},{"verse":12,"text":"``So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices."},{"verse":13,"text":"``Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!"},{"verse":14,"text":"``I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries."},{"verse":15,"text":"``Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever."},{"verse":16,"text":"``But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.\""}]},{"book":"Psalm","chapter":82,"verse_range":"1-8","verses":[{"verse":1,"text":"God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers."},{"verse":2,"text":"How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah."},{"verse":3,"text":"Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute."},{"verse":4,"text":"Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."},{"verse":5,"text":"They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken."},{"verse":6,"text":"I said, ``You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High."},{"verse":7,"text":"``Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes.\""},{"verse":8,"text":"Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is You who possesses all the nations."}]},{"book":"Psalm","chapter":83,"verse_range":"1-18","verses":[{"verse":1,"text":"O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still."},{"verse":2,"text":"For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves."},{"verse":3,"text":"They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones."},{"verse":4,"text":"They have said, ``Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more.\""},{"verse":5,"text":"For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant:"},{"verse":6,"text":"The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites;"},{"verse":7,"text":"Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;"},{"verse":8,"text":"Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah."},{"verse":9,"text":"Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,"},{"verse":10,"text":"Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground."},{"verse":11,"text":"Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,"},{"verse":12,"text":"Who said, ``Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God.\""},{"verse":13,"text":"O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind."},{"verse":14,"text":"Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,"},{"verse":15,"text":"So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm."},{"verse":16,"text":"Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O LORD."},{"verse":17,"text":"Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish,"},{"verse":18,"text":"That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth."}]},{"book":"Psalm","chapter":84,"verse_range":"1-12","verses":[{"verse":1,"text":"How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!"},{"verse":2,"text":"My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God."},{"verse":3,"text":"The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God."},{"verse":4,"text":"How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah."},{"verse":5,"text":"How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion!"},{"verse":6,"text":"Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings."},{"verse":7,"text":"They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion."},{"verse":8,"text":"O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah."},{"verse":9,"text":"Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed."},{"verse":10,"text":"For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness."},{"verse":11,"text":"For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly."},{"verse":12,"text":"O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!"}]}],"audio_files":["https:\/\/intouch.azureedge.net\/english\/bible\/19_Psalms\/19Psa079.mp3","https:\/\/intouch.azureedge.net\/english\/bible\/19_Psalms\/19Psa080.mp3","https:\/\/intouch.azureedge.net\/english\/bible\/19_Psalms\/19Psa081.mp3","https:\/\/intouch.azureedge.net\/english\/bible\/19_Psalms\/19Psa082.mp3","https:\/\/intouch.azureedge.net\/english\/bible\/19_Psalms\/19Psa083.mp3","https:\/\/intouch.azureedge.net\/english\/bible\/19_Psalms\/19Psa084.mp3"],"website_uri":"https:\/\/www.intouch.org\/api\/bible-in-a-year\/psalms-79-84"}}