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. Of Asaph. O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O 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 see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
3 They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
4 They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:
6 the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
7 the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;
8 Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of 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 what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:
10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.
11 Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
13 My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,
15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.
17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
18 Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.
So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
