God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
83
Do not keep silent, O God;Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.
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For behold, Your enemies are in tumult,
And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].(A)
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They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,
And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.
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They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
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For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant—
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The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Of Moab and the Hagrites,
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Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
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Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
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Deal with them as [You did] with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,(B)
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Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became like dung for the earth.
11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,©
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Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”
Deal with them as [You did] with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,(B)
10
Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became like dung for the earth.
11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,©
12
Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”
13
O my God, make them like [a]whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].
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Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15
So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
16
Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
17
Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,
18
That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
O my God, make them like [a]whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].
14
Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15
So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
16
Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
17
Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,
18
That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:13 Or tumbleweed.
Cross references
- Psalm 83:2 : Acts 4:25, 26
- Psalm 83:9 : Judg 4:12-24
- Psalm 83:11 : Judg 7:23-25; 8:10-21