Psalms 83
83
PSALM 83
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Song or Psalm of Asaph.
1Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,
O keep not silence now:
Do thou not hold thy peace, O God,
and still no more be thou.
2For, lo, thine enemies a noise
tumultuously have made;
And they that haters are of thee
have lifted up the head.
3Against thy chosen people they
do crafty counsel take;
And they against thy hidden ones
do consultations make.
4Come, let us cut them off, said they,
from being a nation,
That of the name of Isr'el may
no more be mention.
5For with joint heart they plot, in league
against thee they combine.
6The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites,
Moab's and Hagar's line;
7Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek,
Philistines, those of Tyre;
8And Assur join'd with them, to help
Lot's children they conspire.
9Do to them as to Midian,
Jabin at Kison strand;
10And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell,
as dung to fat the land.
11Like Oreb and like Zeeb make
their noble men to fall;
Like Zeba and Zalmunna like,
make thou their princes all;
12Who said, For our possession
let us God's houses take.
13My God, them like a wheel, as chaff
before the wind, them make.
14As fire consumes the wood, as flame
doth mountains set on fire,
15Chase and affright them with the storm
and tempest of thine ire.
16Their faces fill with shame, O Lord,
that they may seek thy name.
17Let them confounded be, and vex'd,
and perish in their shame:
18That men may know that thou, to whom
alone doth appertain
The name JEHOVAH, dost most high
o'er all the earth remain.
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Psalms 83
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Psalm 83
A song. A psalm of Asaph.
1God, don’t be silent!
Don’t be quiet or sit still, God,
2because—look!—your enemies are growling;
those who hate you are acting arrogantly.
3They concoct crafty plans against your own people;
they plot against the people you favor.
4“Come on,” they say, “let’s wipe them out as a nation!
Let the name Israel be remembered no more!”
5They plot with a single-minded heart;
they make a covenant against you.
6They are the clans of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7Gebal, Ammon, Amalek,
Philistia along with the citizens of Tyre.
8Assyria too has joined them—
they are the strong arm for Lot’s children. Selah
9Do to them what you did to Midian,
to Sisera, and to Jabin at the Kishon River.
10They were destroyed at Endor;
they became fertilizer for the ground.
11Make their officials like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna—
12those who said, “Let’s take God’s pastures for ourselves.”
13My God, make them like tumbleweeds,
like chaff blown by wind.
14Just like a fire consumes a forest,
just like flames set mountains ablaze,
15pursue them with your storm,
terrify them with your hurricane.
16Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they might seek your name.
17Let them be shamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
18Let them know that you—
your name is the LORD!—
you alone are Most High over all the earth.
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