Psalms 83
1 song melody to/for Asaph God not quiet to/for you not be quiet and not to quiet God
God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
2 for behold enemy your to roar [emph?] and to hate you to lift: kindness head
because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!
3 upon people your be shrewd counsel and to advise upon to treasure your
They are secretly planning to do things to harm [us], your people; they are (conspiring together against/planning how to defeat) the people whom you protect.
4 to say to go: come! and to hide them from nation and not to remember name Israel still
They say, “Come, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!”
5 for to advise heart together upon you covenant to cut: make(covenant)
They have agreed on [what they want to do to destroy Israel], and they have formed an alliance against you.
6 tent Edom and Ishmaelite Moab and Hagri
[The people who have done that are] the people of Edom [region], the descendants of Ishmael [who live on the east side of the Jordan River], the Moab [people-group], the descendants of Hagar [who also live on the east side of the Jordan River],
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek Philistia with to dwell Tyre
Gebal [people-group], the Ammon [people-group], the Amalek [people-group], the Philistia [people-group], and the people of Tyre [city].
8 also Assyria to join with them to be arm to/for son: descendant/people Lot (Selah)
[The people of] have joined them; they are strong allies of the [Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are] descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot.
9 to make: do to/for them like/as Midian like/as Sisera like/as Jabin in/on/with torrent: river Kishon
[God], do to those people things like you did to the Midian [people-group], like [you did] to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River.
10 to destroy in/on/with En-dor En-dor to be dung to/for land: soil
You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.
11 to set: make them noble their like/as Oreb and like/as Zeeb and like/as Zebah and like/as Zalmunna all prince their
Do to them things like you did to [Kings] Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 which to say to possess: take to/for us [obj] habitation God
who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”
13 God my to set: make them like/as wheel like/as stubble to/for face: before spirit: breath
My God, cause them [to disappear quickly] like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away!
14 like/as fire to burn: burn wood and like/as flame to kindle mountain: mount
Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,
15 so to pursue them in/on/with tempest your and in/on/with whirlwind your to dismay them
expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes!
16 to fill face their dishonor and to seek name your LORD
Cause them [SYN] to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful.
17 be ashamed and to dismay perpetuity till and be ashamed and to perish
Cause them to be forever disgraced [because of being defeated], and cause them to die while they are still disgraced.
18 and to know for you(m. s.) name your LORD to/for alone you Most High upon all [the] land: country/planet
Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth.
