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 canticle of a psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, 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 lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.
4 They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.
5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
For they have contrived with one consent: they have made a covenant together against thee,
6 the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismahelites: Moab, and the Agarens,
7 the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.
9 Do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.
10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,
12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.
13 My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.
14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains:
15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.
16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
Fill their faces with shame; and they shall seek thy name, O Lord.
17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and 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.
And let them know that the Lord is thy name: thou alone art the most High over all the earth.
