< 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, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
2 For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
3 They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, 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 have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
5 For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with 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 have been an arm to sons 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 [to] Midian, As [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the stream Kishon.
10 who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
They were destroyed at Endor, They were 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 as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
14 Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
15 so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
16 Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, YHWH.
Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.
18 that they will know that you alone, whose name is YHWH, are the Most High over all the earth.
And they know that Thou — (Thy name [is] Jehovah — by Thyself, ) [Art] the Most High over all the earth!

< Psalms 83 >