< Psalms 83 >

1 A Song, a Melody of Asaph. O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For lo! thine enemies, are tumultuous, And, they who hate thee, have lifted up the head;
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 Against thy people, they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones.
They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said—Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—
For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:
6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:
8 Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;
Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
11 Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
12 Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
13 O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
14 As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
15 So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, —And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:
So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
16 Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17 Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:
Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
18 That men may know that, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.
That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

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