Psalms 83
O God, Be Not Silent
A song. A Psalm of Asaph.
1See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.2With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
3saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
4For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
5the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
6of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
7Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
8Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
9who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
10Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
11who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
12Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
13As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
14so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
15Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
16May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
17May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.