< Psalms 83 >

1 A Song, — A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
[A song. A Psalm by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.
2 For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
3 Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
4 They have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,
For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do to them as [to] Midian, As [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the stream Kishon.
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
14 As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
15 So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, LORD.
17 They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 And they know that Thou — (Thy name [is] Jehovah — by Thyself, ) [Art] the Most High over all the earth!
that they will know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

< Psalms 83 >