< Psalms 83 >

1 A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.
9 Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, 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 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >