Psalms 83:1
O God, keep thou not silence. Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalms 83:2
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult, and those who hate thee have lifted up the head.
Psalms 83:3
They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together against thy hidden ones.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Psalms 83:5
For they have consulted together with one consent. They make a covenant against thee:
Psalms 83:6
the tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
Psalms 83:7
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre,
Psalms 83:8
Assyria also is joined with them; they have helped the sons of Lot. Selah.
Psalms 83:9
Do thou to them as to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon,
Psalms 83:10
who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
Psalms 83:11
Make their ranking men like Oreb and Zeeb, yea, all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Psalms 83:12
who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.
Psalms 83:13
O my God, make them like the whirling dust, as stubble before the wind,
Psalms 83:14
as the fire that burns the forest, and as the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
Psalms 83:15
So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy storm.
Psalms 83:16
Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Psalms 83:17
Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever. Yea, let them be confounded and perish,
Psalms 83:18
that they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.