Psalms 83

1 A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

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

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

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

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

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

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

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

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

12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

14 As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.