Psalms 83

1 A song. A psalm of Asaph. God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God.

A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

2 Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads.

See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

3 They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected ones.

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

4 They have said, “Come, and let us destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”

saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

5 They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance.

For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

6 This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

7 Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.

of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

8 Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.

9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

10 They perished at Endor and became like manure for the earth.

who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 They said, “Let us take for ourselves the pastures of God.”

who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

13 My God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind,

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

14 like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.

As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15 Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm.

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.

Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

17 May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; may they perish in disgrace.

May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

18 Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.

May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.