Psalms 83
1 [A song. A Psalm by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.
A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
2 For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
3 They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
4 They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
5 For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
10 who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
14 Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
15 so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
16 Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, Jehovah.
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
18 that they will know that you alone, whose name is Jehovah, 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.
