< 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.
Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,
For, lo, your enemies make a tumult: and they that hate you have lifted up the head.
3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your 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 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: they are confederate against you:
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
Which perished at Endor: 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 like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;
15 So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm.
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek your name, O LORD.
17 They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 And they know that You—Your Name [is] YHWH—By Yourself [are] the Most High over all the earth!
That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >