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

2 For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.

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

3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:

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

4 They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.

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

5 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.

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

6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;

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

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

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

8 Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)

For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of 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 and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.

10 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

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

11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.

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

12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.

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

13 O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.

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

14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,

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

15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.

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

16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

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

17 Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:

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

18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

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