Psalms 83
1 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.
God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
2 For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!
3 They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
They are secretly planning to do things to harm [us], your people; they are (conspiring together against/planning how to defeat) the people whom you protect.
4 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.'
They say, “Come, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!”
5 For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
They have agreed on [what they want to do to destroy Israel], and they have formed an alliance against you.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
[The people who have done that are] the people of Edom [region], the descendants of Ishmael [who live on the east side of the Jordan River], the Moab [people-group], the descendants of Hagar [who also live on the east side of the Jordan River],
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal [people-group], the Ammon [people-group], the Amalek [people-group], the Philistia [people-group], and the people of Tyre [city].
8 Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. (Selah)
[The people of] have joined them; they are strong allies of the [Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are] descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot.
9 Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;
[God], do to those people things like you did to the Midian [people-group], like [you did] to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River.
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
Do to them things like you did to [Kings] Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
My God, cause them [to disappear quickly] like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away!
14 As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,
15 So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes!
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.
Cause them [SYN] to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful.
17 Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;
Cause them to be forever disgraced [because of being defeated], and cause them to die while they are still disgraced.
18 That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth.
