Psalms 83
1 “A song or psalm of Assaph.” O God, take no rest for thyself: be not silent and keep not still, O God!
A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent, and do not be still, God.
2 For, lo, thy enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up their head.
For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest.
They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more.
“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
5 For they have consulted cordially together; against thee they make a covenant:
For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, and 'Ammon, and 'Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do unto them as [unto] Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon:
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10 Who were annihilated at 'En-dor; they became as dung for the ground.
who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11 Render them, their nobles, like 'Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like Zalmunna' all their princes;
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God,
who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
13 O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind.
My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them.
so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord!
Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.
17 Let them be made ashamed and terrified for ever and aye; yea, let them be put to the blush and perish:
Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 That they may know that thou, whose name is the Eternal, art by thyself alone, the Most High over all the earth.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
