Psalms 83

1 [A song. A Psalm by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.

A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

2 For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

3 They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.

They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

4 They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5 For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

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

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

8 Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. (Selah)

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

Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10 who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.

who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

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

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."

who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”

13 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.

My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

14 Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

15 so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.

so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

16 Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, Jehovah.

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.

17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

18 that they will know that you alone, whose name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.

that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.