< Psalms 83 >

1 “A psalm of Asaph.” O God! keep not silence! Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God!
[A song. A Psalm by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.
2 For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
3 For they form secret plots against thy people, And consult together against thy chosen ones.
They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
4 “Come,” say they, “let us blot them out from the number of the nations, That the name of Israel may no more be remembered!”
They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 With one consent they consult together, Against thee do they form a league, —
For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagarenes,
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, The Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 The Assyrians also are joined with them; They lend their strength to the children of Lot.
Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as to the Midianites, As to Sisera, as to Jabin at the brook Kison,
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
10 Who perished at Endor, And were trampled like dung to the earth.
who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes as Zeba and Zalmunna!
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who say, “Let us seize on God's habitations!”
who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
13 Make them, O my God! like whirling chaff; Like stubble before the wind!
My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
14 As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm!
so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, That they may seek thy name, O LORD!
Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, LORD.
17 Let them be confounded! Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish!
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 That they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.
that they will know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

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