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 of Asaph. God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God.
2 For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 For they form secret plots against thy people, And consult together against thy chosen ones.
They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected 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 have said, “Come, and let us destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
5 With one consent they consult together, Against thee do they form a league, —
They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagarenes,
This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, The Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 The Assyrians also are joined with them; They lend their strength to the children of Lot.
Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping 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 you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 Who perished at Endor, And were trampled like dung to the earth.
They perished at Endor and became like manure for the earth.
11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes as Zeba and Zalmunna!
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
12 Who say, “Let us seize on God's habitations!”
They said, “Let us take 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 the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind,
14 As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm!
Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, That they may seek thy name, O LORD!
Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.
17 Let them be confounded! Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish!
May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; may they perish in disgrace.
18 That they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.
Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
