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 of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to you? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

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

For behold, your enemies have made a noise; and they that hate you have lifted up the head.

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

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

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 utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: 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 princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all their princes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

so shall you persecute them with your tempest, and trouble them in your anger.

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

Fill their faces with dishonor; so shall they 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 for evermore; yes, let them be confounded and destroyed.

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 your name is Lord; that you alone are Most High over all the earth.