Psalms 83

1 A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:

Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God.

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

For, lo, your enemies make a tumult: and they that hate you have lifted up the head.

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

They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden 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, 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 consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against you:

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

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

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

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

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

Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)

9 Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

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

Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

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

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

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

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

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

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

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

As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;

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

So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm.

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

Fill 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:

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

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

That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.