Psalms 83
1 A song. A psalm of Asaph.
2 God, do not be silent; do not keep quiet or stand still, O God.
3 Look: your enemies are in turmoil, and those who hate you raise their heads.
4 They secretly plot against your people and conspire against those you protect.
5 They said, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation, so the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
6 For they agreed together with one purpose and made a pact against you:
7 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
8 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the people of Tyre.
9 Assyria, too, joined them; they became an arm for the descendants of Lot. Selah.
10 Deal with them as you did with Midian, as with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon.
11 They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung on the ground.
12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
13 They said, “Let us take for ourselves God’s pastures.”
14 My God, make them like the whirling thistle, like chaff before the wind.
15 Like fire that burns through the forest, like a flame that sets the mountains ablaze,
16 so pursue them with your storm and terrify them with your whirlwind.
17 Cover their faces with shame, and may they seek your name, LORD.
18 May they be shamed and terrified forever; may they be disgraced and perish.
19 May they know that you alone, whose name is LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
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