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, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not 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, Thine enemies are in an uproar; 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 hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

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 cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—

For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;

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, and 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 been an arm 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.

Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.

Who were destroyed at En-dor; they 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, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”

Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in 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 the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.

14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,

As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.

So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.

16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.

Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed 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 it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.