Songs of Asaph

Psalm 83

 * [1] O God, do not be silent;
 * Do not keep quiet or still, O Divine One.


 * [2] For look! your enemies are in an uproar;
 * Those who hate you act arrogantly.


 * [3] With cunning they secretly plot against your people;
 * They conspire against your treasured ones.


 * [4] They say: “Come, let us annihilate them as a nation,
 * So that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”


 * [5] They devise a unified strategy;
 * They have made an alliance against you—


 * [6] The tents of E′dom and the Ish′ma·el·ites,
 * Mo′ab and the Hag′rites,


 * [7] Ge′bal and Am′mon and Am′a·lek,
 * Phi·lis′ti·a together with the inhabitants of Tyre.


 * [8] As·syr′i·a too has joined them;
 * They give support to the sons of Lot. (Selah)


 * [9] Do to them as you did to Mid′i·an,
 * As you did to Sis′e·ra and Ja′bin at the stream of Ki′shon.


 * [10] They were annihilated at En-dor;
 * They became manure for the ground.


 * [11] Make their nobles like O′reb and Ze′eb
 * And their princes like Ze′bah and Zal·mun′na,


 * [12] For they said: “Let us take possession of the land where God dwells.”


 * [13] O my God, make them like a whirling thistle,
 * Like stubble blown about by the wind.


 * [14] Like a fire that burns up the forest,
 * Like a flame that scorches the mountains,


 * [15] So may you pursue them with your tempest
 * And terrify them with your windstorm.


 * [16] Cover their faces with dishonor,
 * So that they may search for your name, O Jehovah.


 * [17] May they be put to shame and be terrified forever;
 * May they be disgraced and perish;


 * [18] May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah,
 * You alone are the Most High over all the earth.