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. God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected ones.

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.

They have said, “Come, and let us destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance.

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.

8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. (Selah)

Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

9 Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River.

10 [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.

They perished at Endor and became like manure for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, 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.

They said, “Let us take for ourselves the pastures of God.”

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

My God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind,

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire.

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm.

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh.

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; 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.

Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.