< 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 by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.
2 For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured 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 say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
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, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
10 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for 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, 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 take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
13 O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
so pursue them with your gale winds, 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, so that they might seek your name, Jehovah.
17 Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
that they will know that you alone, whose name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >