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, or Psalme committed to Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: bee not still, and cease not, O God.
2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.
3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret 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 haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:
For they haue consulted together in heart, and haue made a league against thee:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Agarims:
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;
Gebal and Ammon, and Amalech, the Philistims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:
8 Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah)
Asshur also is ioyned with them: they haue bene an arme to the children 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:
Doe thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Sisera and as to Iabin at the riuer of Kishon.
10 Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.
They perished at En-dor, and were dung for the earth.
11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
Make them, euen their princes like Oreb and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmuna.
12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitations of God.
13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.
14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,
As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:
15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraide with thy storme.
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 seeke thy Name, O Lord.
17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame 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 knowe that thou, which art called Iehouah, art alone, euen the most High ouer all the earth.
