Psalms 83

¹ A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!

² For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads.

³ They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.

⁴ They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

⁵ Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant--

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

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

⁸ Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah]

⁹ Do to them as thou didst to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

¹⁰ who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.

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

¹² who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."

¹³ O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

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

¹⁵ so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!

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

¹⁷ Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace.

¹⁸ Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth.