< 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 Melody of Asaph. O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!
2 For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,
For lo! thine enemies, are tumultuous, And, they who hate thee, have lifted up the head;
3 They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
Against thy people, they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire 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 wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
5 For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—
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 dwellers in Tyre;
8 Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:
12 Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
14 As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
15 So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, —And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
17 They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, 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, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >