Psalms 83

1 A Song, a Melody of Asaph. O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!

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

2 For lo! thine enemies, are tumultuous, And, they who hate thee, have lifted up the head;

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

3 Against thy people, they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones.

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

4 They have said—Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

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

5 For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—

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

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

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

7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;

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

8 Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. (Selah)

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

9 Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;

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

10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!

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

11 Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:

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

12 Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!

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

13 O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;

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

14 As a fire burneth a forest, —And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,

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

15 So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, —And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:

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

16 Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;

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

17 Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:

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

18 That men may know that, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.

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