< Psalms 83 >

1 A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
A Song, a Melody of Asaph. O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!
2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
For lo! thine enemies, are tumultuous, And, they who 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 craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones.
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 wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
5 For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes;
7 of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;
8 Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.
Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;
10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:
12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
14 As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, —And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:
16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:
18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
That men may know that, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >