Psalms 83

¹O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

²For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.

³They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.

⁴They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.

⁵For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:

⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;

⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;

⁸Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)

⁹Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:

¹⁰Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.

¹¹Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:

¹²Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.

¹³O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.

¹⁴As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

¹⁵So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.

¹⁶Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

¹⁸So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.

¹God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent, and do not be still, God.

²For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

³They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

⁴"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

⁵For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

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

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

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

⁹Do to them as you did to 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; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

¹²who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."

¹³My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

¹⁴As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

¹⁶Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Lord.

¹⁷Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

¹⁸that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.