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 Canticle Psalm of Asaph. O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.
2 For lo! thine enemies, are tumultuous, And, they who hate thee, have lifted up the head;
For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.
3 Against thy people, they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones.
They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy 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, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”
5 For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—
For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:
6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes;
the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,
7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;
and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot.
9 Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;
Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.
10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth.
11 Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:
Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leaders
12 Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
who said, “Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.”
13 O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind.
14 As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.
15 So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, —And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:
So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath.
16 Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:
Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and 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.
And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth.
