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 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, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
For they form secret plots against thy people, And consult together against thy chosen ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered anymore.”
“Come,” say they, “let us blot them out from the number of the nations, That the name of Israel may no more be remembered!”
5 For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
With one consent they consult together, Against thee do they form a league, —
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
The tents 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)
The Assyrians also are joined with them; They lend their strength to the children of Lot.
9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
Do to them as to the Midianites, As to Sisera, as to Jabin at the brook Kison,
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
Who perished at Endor, And were trampled like dung to the earth.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes as Zeba and Zalmunna!
12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
Who say, “Let us seize on God's habitations!”
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Make them, O my God! like whirling chaff; Like stubble before the wind!
14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
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 storm!
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
Cover 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 confounded! 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 they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.
