Psalms 83

1 A SONG. A PSALM OF ASAPH. O God, let there be no silence to You, Do not be silent, nor be quiet, O God.

A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.

2 For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,

For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.

3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.

They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.

4 They have said, “Come, and we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered anymore.”

They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”

5 For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,

For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:

6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,

and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre.

8 Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)

For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot.

9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.

Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.

10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth.

11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,

Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leaders

12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”

who said, “Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.”

13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind.

14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,

Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.

15 So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.

So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath.

16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.

Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord.

17 They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.

Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and let them be confounded and perish.

18 And they know that You—Your Name [is] YHWH—By Yourself [are] the Most High over all the earth!

And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth.