< 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, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, LORD.
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 that they will know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >