< 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!
Keep not thou silence, O God: 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 have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted 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: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes;
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
Which perished at Endor: 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 like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
As the fire burneth a wood, 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 persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid 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 Yhwh.
17 Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 That men may know that, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Yhwh, art the most high over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >