Psalm 83

1 O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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

3 Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

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 they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

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

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

8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10 Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

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

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 83

A song, a psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, do not be silent!
Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!

2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;
those who hate you are hostile.

3 They carefully plot against your people,
and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation!
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

5 Yes, they devise a unified strategy;
they form an alliance against you.

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

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

8 Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

9 Do to them as you did to Midian –
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

10 They were destroyed at Endor;
their corpses were like manure on the ground.

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

12 who said, “Let’s take over the pastures of God!”

13 O my God, make them like dead thistles,
like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,
or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

15 chase them with your gale winds,
and terrify them with your windstorm.

16 Cover their faces with shame,
so they might seek you, O Lord.

17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified!
May they die in shame!

18 Then they will know that you alone are the Lord,
the sovereign king over all the earth.