Psalms 83
1 God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
A SONG. A PSALM OF ASAPH. O God, let there be no silence to You, Do not be silent, nor be quiet, O God.
2 because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!
For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,
3 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.
They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
4 They say, “Come, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!”
They have said, “Come, and we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered anymore.”
5 They have agreed on [what they want to do to destroy Israel], and they have formed an alliance against you.
For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
6 [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],
Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
7 Gebal [people-group], the Ammon [people-group], the Amalek [people-group], the Philistia [people-group], and the people of Tyre [city].
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
8 [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.
Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 [God], do to those people things like you did to the Midian [people-group], like [you did] to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River.
Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
10 You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.
They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
11 Do to them things like you did to [Kings] Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
12 who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”
Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
13 My God, cause them [to disappear quickly] like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away!
O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
14 Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,
As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
15 expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes!
So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
16 Cause them [SYN] to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful.
Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
17 Cause them to be forever disgraced [because of being defeated], and cause them to die while they are still disgraced.
They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
18 Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth.
And they know that You—Your Name [is] YHWH—By Yourself [are] the Most High over all the earth!
