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 of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to you? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

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

For behold, your enemies have made a noise; and they that hate you have lifted up the head.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

so shall you persecute them with your tempest, and trouble them in your anger.

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

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

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

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

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

And let them know that your name is Lord; that you alone are Most High over all the earth.