< 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, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
2 For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 For they form secret plots against thy people, And consult together against thy chosen ones.
They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished 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!”
“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that 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 have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance 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 also is joined with them. They have helped the children 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 river Kishon;
10 Who perished at Endor, And were trampled like dung to the earth.
who perished at Endor, who became as dung 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, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who say, “Let us seize on God's habitations!”
who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
13 Make them, O my God! like whirling chaff; Like stubble before the wind!
My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm!
so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, That they may seek thy name, O LORD!
Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.
17 Let them be confounded! Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish!
Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 That they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

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