< Psalms 83 >

1 A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
4 “Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)
Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:
10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
12 who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
15 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
16 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >