Psalms 83

1 God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,

A song. A psalm of Asaph. God, please do not stay silent! You can't remain unmoved! God, you must not keep quiet!

2 because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!

Can't you hear the roars of your enemies? Can't you see how those who hate you are defiantly lifting up their heads?

3 They are secretly planning to do things to harm [us], your people; they are (conspiring together against/planning how to defeat) the people whom you protect.

They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.

4 They say, “Come, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!”

They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”

5 They have agreed on [what they want to do to destroy Israel], and they have formed an alliance against you.

They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—

6 [The people who have done that are] the people of Edom [region], the descendants of Ishmael [who live on the east side of the Jordan River], the Moab [people-group], the descendants of Hagar [who also live on the east side of the Jordan River],

the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;

7 Gebal [people-group], the Ammon [people-group], the Amalek [people-group], the Philistia [people-group], and the people of Tyre [city].

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

8 [The people of] have joined them; they are strong allies of the [Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are] descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot.

Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

9 [God], do to those people things like you did to the Midian [people-group], like [you did] to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River.

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

10 You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.

They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.

11 Do to them things like you did to [Kings] Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”

for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”

13 My God, cause them [to disappear quickly] like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away!

My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.

14 Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,

Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,

15 expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes!

in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.

16 Cause them [SYN] to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful.

Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!

17 Cause them to be forever disgraced [because of being defeated], and cause them to die while they are still disgraced.

Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.

18 Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth.

Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.