Psalms 83

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

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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

They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

4 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.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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

For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

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

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

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

Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)

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

Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

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

Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

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

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

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

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

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

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

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

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

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

So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

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

Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

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

Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18 And let them know that thy name is Lord; that thou alone art 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.