Psalms 83:1
A Song, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
Psalms 83:2
For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
Psalms 83:3
Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
Psalms 83:5
For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,
Psalms 83:6
Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
Psalms 83:7
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
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Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.
Psalms 83:9
Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the stream Kishon.
Psalms 83:10
They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
Psalms 83:12
Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
Psalms 83:13
O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Psalms 83:14
As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
Psalms 83:15
So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
Psalms 83:16
Fill their faces with shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
Psalms 83:17
They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.
Psalms 83:18
And they know that Thou--(Thy name is Jehovah--by Thyself,) Art the Most High over all the earth!