Psalm 83
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1A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.1O God, do not be silent! Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, O God.
2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.2Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,3They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones.
4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—5Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you—
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,6these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites;
7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.7Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre.
8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah8Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude
9Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,9Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.10They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,11Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”12for they said, “Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!”
13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.13O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind!
14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,14As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.15chase them with your fierce storm; terrify them with your tempest.
16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.16Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O LORD.
17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.17Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace.
18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.18Then they will learn that you alone are called the LORD, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
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Psalm 82
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