Psalms, 83

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0. A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

1. [Song Psalm Of Asaph] God, do not remain silent, do not stay quiet or unmoved, God!

1. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!

2. See how your enemies are in uproar, how those who hate you are rearing their heads.

2. For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads.

3. They are laying plans against your people, conspiring against those you cherish;

3. They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.

4. they say, 'Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, the name of Israel shall be remembered no more!'

4. They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

5. They conspire with a single mind, they conclude an alliance against you,

5. Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant --

6. the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

6. the tents of Edom and the Ish'maelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

7. Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians;

7. Gebal and Ammon and Am'alek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8. even Assyria has joined them to reinforce the children of Lot.Pause

8. Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah]

9. Treat them like Midian and Sisera, like Jabin at the river Kishon;

9. Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon,

10. wiped out at En-Dor, they served to manure the ground.

10. who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.

11. Treat their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

11. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmun'na,

12. for they said, 'Let us take for ourselves God's settlements.'

12. who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."

13. My God, treat them like thistledown, like chaff at the mercy of the wind.

13. O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

14. As fire devours a forest, as a flame sets mountains ablaze,

14. As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15. so drive them away with your tempest, by your whirlwind fill them with terror.

15. so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!

16. Shame written all over their faces, let them seek your name, Yahweh!

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

17. Dishonour and terror be always theirs, death also and destruction.

17. Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace.

18. Let them know that you alone bear the name of Yahweh, Most High over all the earth.

18. Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth.