Psalm 83

¹A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

¹A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

²For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

²For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

³They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

⁴They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

³They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

⁴They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

⁵For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: ⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

⁵For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

⁶The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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

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

⁸Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

⁹Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; ¹⁰Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

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

⁸Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

⁹Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

¹⁰Which perished at En–dor: they became as dung for the earth.

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

¹²Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

¹³O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

¹⁴As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, ¹⁵So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

¹⁶Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

¹²Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

¹³O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

¹⁴As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

¹⁵So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

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

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish; ¹⁸That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

¹⁷Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

¹⁸That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.