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. Do not keep silent, O God: hold not your peace, be not 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 see! Your enemies roar, those who hate you lift up their heads,
3 They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
laying crafty plans for your people, and plotting against those you treasure.
4 They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
“Come, let us wipe them out as a nation, so Israel’s name will be mentioned no more.”
5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
For, conspiring with one accord, they have made a league against you
6 the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
Tents of Edom, and 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 people of Tyre;
8 Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Syria, too, is confederate, they have strengthened 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.
Deal with them as you dealt with Midian, with Sisera, with Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon,
10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
who at Endor were destroyed, and became dung for the field.
11 Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
who said, “Let us take for ourselves the meadows of God.”
13 My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
Whirl them, my God, like dust, like stubble before the wind.
14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
As the fire that kindles the forest, as flame that sets mountains ablaze,
15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
so with your tempest pursue them, terrify them with your hurricane.
16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
Make them blush with shame; until they seek your name, O Lord.
17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
Everlasting shame and confusion, disgrace and destruction be theirs.
18 Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.
Teach those who you alone are most high over all the earth.
