Psalms 83
1 A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph. O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
4 They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
5 For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:
For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah)
Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:
Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
10 Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.
Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
