Psalms 83
1 A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
2 For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!
3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
They are secretly planning to do things to harm [us], your people; they are (conspiring together against/planning how to defeat) the people whom you protect.
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, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!”
5 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
They have agreed on [what they want to do to destroy Israel], and they have formed an alliance against you.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
[The people who have done that are] the people of Edom [region], the descendants of Ishmael [who live on the east side of the Jordan River], the Moab [people-group], the descendants of Hagar [who also live on the east side of the Jordan River],
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal [people-group], the Ammon [people-group], the Amalek [people-group], the Philistia [people-group], and the people of Tyre [city].
8 Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
[The people of] have joined them; they are strong allies of the [Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are] descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot.
9 Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
[God], do to those people things like you did to the Midian [people-group], like [you did] to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River.
10 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
Do to them things like you did to [Kings] Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”
13 O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
My God, cause them [to disappear quickly] like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away!
14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes!
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Cause them [SYN] to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful.
17 Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
Cause them to be forever disgraced [because of being defeated], and cause them to die while they are still disgraced.
18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth.
