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 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 behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift 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 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 say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
5 For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—
For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
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)
Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;
Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
11 Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
12 Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
13 O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
14 As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame 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 whirlwind.
16 Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
Fill their faces with shame, 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 be dismayed for ever, 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.
That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.
