< 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 make a tumult: 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 take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together 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 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 Hagarenes;
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 holpen 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 river Kishon:
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
Which perished 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; yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna:
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 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 storm.
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
Fill their faces with confusion; 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 dismayed for ever; yea, 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 >