< Psalms 83 >

1 A song, [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 For lo, thy enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 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.
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee,
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.
9 Do to them as [to] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 [Who] perished at En-dor: they became [as] dung for the earth.
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yes, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yes, let them be put to shame, and perish:
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] 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.

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