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!
God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
2 For, lo, thy enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up their head.
because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!
3 Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest.
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; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more.
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 cordially together; against thee 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 Hagarenes;
[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; the Philistines 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 Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto 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 unto them as [unto] Midian; as to Sissera, 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 annihilated at 'En-dor; they became as dung for the ground.
You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.
11 Render them, their nobles, like 'Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like 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 conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God,
who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”
13 O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like 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 burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,
15 So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them.
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 made ashamed and terrified for ever and aye; yea, let them be put to the blush 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 thou, whose name is the Eternal, art by thyself alone, 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.
