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 of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to you? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

2 For, lo, thy enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up their head.

For behold, your enemies have made a noise; and they that hate you have lifted up the head.

3 Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest.

Against your people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against your saints.

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.

They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.

5 For they have consulted cordially together; against thee they make a covenant:

For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against you;

6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes;

even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes;

7 Gebal, and 'Ammon, and 'Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.

8 Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. (Selah)

Yes, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. (Pause)

9 Do unto them as [unto] Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon:

Do you to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

10 Who were annihilated at 'En-dor; they became as dung for the ground.

They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they 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 princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all their princes:

12 Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God,

who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.

13 O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind.

O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind.

14 As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:

As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;

15 So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them.

so shall you persecute them with your tempest, and trouble them in your anger.

16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord!

Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek your name, O 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 ashamed and troubled for evermore; yes, let them be confounded and destroyed.

18 That they may know that thou, whose name is the Eternal, art by thyself alone, the Most High over all the earth.

And let them know that your name is Lord; that you alone are Most High over all the earth.