| 1 | Keep not silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God. |
| 2 | For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads. |
| 3 | They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden
and
precious ones. |
| 4 | They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more. |
| 5 | For they have consulted together with one accord
and
one heart; against You they make a covenant— |
| 6 | The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, |
| 7 | Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre. |
| 8 | Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites]
and
have been an arm to them.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 9 | Do to them as [You did to] the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon, |
| 10 | Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth. |
| 11 | Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna, |
| 12 | Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God. |
| 13 | O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble
or
chaff before the wind! |
| 14 | As fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, |
| 15 | So pursue
and
afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado
or
hurricane. |
| 16 | Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for,
and
insistently require Your name, O Lord. |
| 17 | Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish, |
| 18 | That they may know that You, Whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 83:2 : Acts 4:25, 26.
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Psalm 83:9 : Judg. 4:12-24.
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Psalm 83:11 : Judg. 7:23-25; 8:10-21.
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