Psalms 83
1 A song, a psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God: hold not your peace, be not still, God.
“A song or psalm of Assaph.” O God, take no rest for thyself: be not silent and keep not still, O God!
2 For see! Your enemies roar, those who hate you lift up their heads,
For, lo, thy enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up their head.
3 laying crafty plans for your people, and plotting against those you treasure.
Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest.
4 ‘Come, let us wipe them out as a nation, so Israel’s name will be mentioned no more.’
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more.
5 For, conspiring with one accord, they have made a league against you
For they have consulted cordially together; against thee they make a covenant:
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites.
The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre;
Gebal, and 'Ammon, and 'Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Syria, too, is confederate, they have strengthened the children of Lot. (Selah)
Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. (Selah)
9 Deal with them as you dealt with Midian, with Sisera, with Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon,
Do unto them as [unto] Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon:
10 who at Endor were destroyed, and became dung for the field.
Who were annihilated at 'En-dor; they became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Render them, their nobles, like 'Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like Zalmunna' all their princes;
12 who said, ‘Let us take for ourselves the meadows of God.’
Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God,
13 Whirl them, my God, like dust, like stubble before the wind.
O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire that kindles the forest, as flame that sets mountains ablaze,
As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
15 so with your tempest pursue them, terrify them with your hurricane.
So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them.
16 Make them blush with shame; until they seek your name, O Lord.
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord!
17 Everlasting shame and confusion, disgrace and destruction be theirs.
Let them be made ashamed and terrified for ever and aye; yea, let them be put to the blush and perish:
18 Teach those who you alone are most high over all the earth.
That they may know that thou, whose name is the Eternal, art by thyself alone, the Most High over all the earth.
