Psalm, 83

A song. A melody of Aʹsaph.

¹ O God, do not be silent; Do not keep quiet^*1 or still, O Divine One.

² For look! your enemies are in an uproar; Those who hate you act arrogantly.^*1

³ With cunning they secretly plot against your people; They conspire against your treasured ones.^*1

⁴ They say: “Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, So that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

⁵ They devise a unified strategy;^*1 They have made an alliance^*2 against you—

⁶ The tents of Eʹdom and the Ishʹma·el·ites, Moʹab and the Hagʹrites,

⁷ Geʹbal and Amʹmon and Amʹa·lek, Phi·lisʹti·a together with the inhabitants of Tyre.

⁸ As·syrʹi·a too has joined them; They give support to^*1 the sons of Lot. (Selah)

⁹ Do to them as you did to Midʹi·an, As you did to Sisʹe·ra and Jaʹbin at the stream^*1 of Kiʹshon.

¹⁰ They were annihilated at En-dor; They became manure for the ground.

¹¹ Make their nobles like Oʹreb and Zeʹeb And their princes^*1 like Zeʹbah and Zal·munʹna,

¹² For they said: “Let us take possession of the land where God dwells.”

¹³ O my God, make them like a whirling thistle,^*1 Like stubble blown about by the wind.

¹⁴ Like a fire that burns up the forest, Like a flame that scorches the mountains,

¹⁵ So may you pursue them with your tempest And terrify them with your windstorm.

¹⁶ Cover^*1 their faces with dishonor, So that they may search for your name, O Jehovah.

¹⁷ May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; May they be disgraced and perish;

¹⁸ May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.