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, or Psalme committed to Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: bee not still, and cease not, 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, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.
3 They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones.
4 They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
They haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.
5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
For they haue consulted together in heart, and haue made a league against thee:
6 the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Agarims:
7 the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal and Ammon, and Amalech, the Philistims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:
8 Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Asshur also is ioyned with them: they haue bene an arme to 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.
Doe thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Sisera and as to Iabin at the riuer of Kishon.
10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
They perished at En-dor, and were dung for the earth.
11 Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make them, euen their princes like Oreb and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmuna.
12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitations of God.
13 My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.
14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:
15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraide with thy storme.
16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seeke thy Name, O Lord.
17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame 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 knowe that thou, which art called Iehouah, art alone, euen the most High ouer all the earth.
