< 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 are in an uproar; 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 hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured 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 Hagrites;
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 been an arm to 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 brook Kishon;
10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
Who were destroyed at En-dor; they 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, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
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 ablaze;
15 So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, —And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:
So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
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 LORD.
17 Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:
Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed 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 it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.

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