83:1 A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God! |
83:2 For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads. |
83:3 They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones. |
83:4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" |
83:5 Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant-- |
83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ish'maelites, Moab and the Hagrites, |
83:7 Gebal and Ammon and Am'alek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; |
83:8 Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah] |
83:9 Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon, |
83:10 who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground. |
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmun'na, |
83:12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God." |
83:13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind. |
83:14 As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, |
83:15 so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane! |
83:16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O LORD. |
83:17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace. |
83:18 Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth. |