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. God, please do not stay silent! You can't remain unmoved! God, you must not keep quiet!
2 For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,
Can't you hear the roars of your enemies? Can't you see how those who hate you are defiantly lifting up their heads?
3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
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 on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
5 For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
Do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
15 So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
17 They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
18 And they know that You—Your Name [is] YHWH—By Yourself [are] the Most High over all the earth!
Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.
