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 of Asaph. God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God.
2 For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected 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 destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
5 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping 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 you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
They perished at Endor and became like manure 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 Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
They said, “Let us take 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 the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind,
14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.
17 Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; may they perish in disgrace.
18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
