83:1 A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.
83:2 See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads.
83:3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
83:4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
83:5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you–
83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7 Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
83:8 Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
83:10 who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12 who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
83:13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
83:14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
83:15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
83:16 Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD.
83:17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
83:18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD–that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
83:1 O God, do not keep silent; / Do not be quiet, and do not be still, O God.
83:2 For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, / And those who hate You lift up their heads.
83:3 They devise crafty counsel against Your people, / And conspire against Your hidden ones.
83:4 They have said, Come and let us destroy them from being a nation, / That the name of Israel may no longer be remembered.
83:5 For they have conspired together with one heart; / It is against You that they have made an alliance:
83:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, / Moab and the Hagarites,
83:7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, / Philistia along with the inhabitants of Tyre;
83:8 Assyria is also joined with them; / They have been a help to the children of Lot. Selah
83:9 Do with them as with Midian, / As with Sisera and Jabin, at the brook Kishon:
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor; / They became dung for the earth.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, / And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12 Who said, Let us possess for ourselves / The habitations of God.
83:13 O my God, make them like a tumbleweed, / Like stubble before the wind.
83:14 Like fire that burns a forest / And like a flame that sets mountains on fire,
83:15 So pursue them with Your tempest, / And terrify them with Your storm.
83:16 Fill their faces with shame, / That they may seek Your name, O Jehovah.
83:17 May they be ashamed and dismayed forever, / And may they be confounded and perish;
83:18 That they may know that You alone, whose name is Jehovah, / Are the Most High over all the earth.