Psalms 83

1 A Song of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

A Song, — A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

2 For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

3 Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against thy saints.

Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.

They have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'

5 For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against thee;

For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

6 even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes;

Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,

8 Yea, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. (Pause)

Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)

9 Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

Do to them as [to] Midian, As [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

10 They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the earth.

They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

11 Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all their princes:

Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,

12 who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.

Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

13 O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind.

O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

14 As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;

As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

15 so shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest, and trouble them in thine anger.

So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

16 Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek thy name, O Lord.

Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

17 Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; yea, let them be confounded and destroyed.

They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

18 And let them know that thy name is Lord; that thou alone art Most High over all the earth.

And they know that Thou — (Thy name [is] Jehovah — by Thyself, ) [Art] the Most High over all the earth!