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. God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, 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?
Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected 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 destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
5 They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance.
6 the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with
7 the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping the descendants 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 as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
They perished at Endor and became like manure 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 all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
12 for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
They said, “Let us take for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
My God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind,
14 Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
15 in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm.
16 Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.
17 Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; may they perish in disgrace.
18 Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.
Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
