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. God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God.

2 For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.

Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads.

3 They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.

They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected ones.

4 They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

They have said, “Come, and let us destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”

5 For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;

They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance.

6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,

This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with

7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.

8 Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

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 you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.

10 who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.

They perished at Endor and became like manure for the earth.

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."

They said, “Let us take for ourselves the pastures of God.”

13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.

My God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind,

14 Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,

like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.

15 so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.

Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm.

16 Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, YHWH.

Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.

17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,

May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; may they perish in disgrace.

18 that they will know that you alone, whose name is YHWH, are the Most High over all the earth.

Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.