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1A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! | 1God, do not rest! Don't be silent! Don't stay inactive, God! |
2For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. | 2See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats. |
3They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. | 3They plot against your people and conspire against your cherished ones. |
4They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” | 4They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore." |
5For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: | 5Indeed, they shrewdly planned together, forming an alliance against you— |
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; | 6the tents of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, the Hagrites, |
7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; | 7Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre. |
8Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah | 8Even Assyria joined them to strengthen the descendants of Lot. Interlude |
9Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon, | 9Deal with them as you did to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook. |
10Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth. | 10They were destroyed at En-dor and became as dung on the ground. |
11Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, | 11Punish their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, |
12Who said, “Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession.” | 12who said, "Let us possess the pastures of God." |
13O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind! | 13God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind. |
14As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire, | 14Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze. |
15So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm. | 15Pursue them with your storm and terrify them with your whirlwind. |
16Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD. | 16Fill their faces with shame until they seek your name, God. |
17Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish, | 17Let them be humiliated and terrified permanently until they die in shame. |
18That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. | 18Then they will know that you alone— whose name is LORD— are the Most High over all the earth. |
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