< 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 Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
2 For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,
For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden 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 say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
5 For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
15 So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17 They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, 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!
That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >