Psalms 83
1 A song. A psalm of Asaph. God, please do not stay silent! You can't remain unmoved! God, you must not keep quiet!
A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent, and do not be still, God.
2 Can't you hear the roars of your enemies? Can't you see how those who hate you are defiantly lifting up their heads?
For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4 They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6 the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7 the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
13 My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.
17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
