1 A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.

2 \83:1\O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

3 \83:2\For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.

4 \83:3\They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.

5 \83:4\They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.

6 \83:5\For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:

7 \83:6\The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;

8 \83:7\Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;

9 \83:8\Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)

10 \83:9\Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:

11 \83:10\Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.

12 \83:11\Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:

13 \83:12\Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.

14 \83:13\O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.

15 \83:14\As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

16 \83:15\So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.

17 \83:16\Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.

18 \83:17\Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

19 \83:18\So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.

1 O God, keep not thou silence:

Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult;

And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They take crafty counsel against thy people,

And consult together against thy hidden ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;

That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent;

Against thee do they make a covenant:

6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

8 Assyria also is joined with them;

They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah

9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian,

As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10 Who perished at Endor,

Who became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb;

Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession

The habitations of God.

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust;

As stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire that burneth the forest,

And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

15 So pursue them with thy tempest,

And terrify them with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with confusion,

That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever;

Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah,

Art the Most High over all the earth.