Psalms 83

1A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

2O God, keep not Thou silence; Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.

3For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; And they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

4They hold crafty converse against Thy people, And take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

5They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

6For they have consulted together with one consent; Against Thee do they make a covenant;

7The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

8Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

9Assyria also is joined with them; They have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah

10Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

11Who were destroyed at En-dor; They became as dung for the earth.

12Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

13Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.'

14O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

15As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

16So pursue them with Thy tempest, And affright them with Thy storm.

17Fill their faces with shame; That they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

18Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; Yea, let them be abashed and perish;

19That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, The Most High over all the earth.