< 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 Thou 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, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured 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, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'
5 For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
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)
Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
15 So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
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 LORD.
17 They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed 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 it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >