Psalms 83

1 A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

A Song of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against thy saints.

4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.

5 For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against thee;

6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes;

7 of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.

8 Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.

Yea, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. (Pause)

9 Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all their princes:

12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.

13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind.

14 As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;

15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

so shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest, and trouble them in thine anger.

16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek thy name, O Lord.

17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; yea, let them be confounded and destroyed.

18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

And let them know that thy name is Lord; that thou alone art Most High over all the earth.