Psalms 83

¹ [Song Psalm Of Asaph] God, do not remain silent, do not stay quiet or unmoved, God!

² See how your enemies are in uproar, how those who hate you are rearing their heads.

³ They are laying plans against your people, conspiring against those you cherish;

⁴ they say, 'Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, the name of Israel shall be remembered no more!'

⁵ They conspire with a single mind, they conclude an al iance against you,

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

⁷ Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians;

⁸ even Assyria has joined them to reinforce the children of Lot.Pause

⁹ Treat them like Midian and Sisera, like Jabin at the river Kishon;

¹⁰ wiped out at En-Dor, they served to manure the ground.

¹¹ Treat their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, al their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹² for they said, 'Let us take for ourselves God's settlements.'

¹³ My God, treat them like thistledown, like chaff at the mercy of the wind.

¹⁴ As fire devours a forest, as a flame sets mountains ablaze,

¹⁵ so drive them away with your tempest, by your whirlwind fill them with terror.

¹⁶ Shame written al over their faces, let them seek your name, Yahweh!

¹⁷ Dishonour and terror be always theirs, death also and destruction.

¹⁸ Let them know that you alone bear the name of Yahweh, Most High over al the earth.