Psalms 83

1 A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.

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

2 For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.

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

3 They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.

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

4 They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”

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

5 For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:

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

6 the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,

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

7 and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre.

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

8 For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot.

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

9 Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.

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

10 They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth.

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

11 Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leaders

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

12 who said, “Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.”

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

13 My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind.

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

14 Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.

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

15 So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath.

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

16 Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord.

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

17 Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and let them be confounded and perish.

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

18 And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth.

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