Psalm 83¹⁷

A song, a psalm of Asaph
83:1 O God, do not be silent!
Do not ignore us!¹ Do not be inactive, O God!
83:2 For, look, your enemies are making a commotion,
those who hate you are hostile.²
83:3 They carefully plot³ against your people,
and make plans to harm⁴ the ones you cherish.⁵
83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation!⁶
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
83:5 Yes,⁷ they devise a unified strategy,⁸
they form an alliance⁹ against you.
83:6 It includes¹⁰ the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,¹¹
83:7 Gebal,¹² Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendents of Lot.¹³ (Selah)
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian,¹⁴
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!¹⁵
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor,¹⁶
their corpses were like manure¹⁷ on the ground.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,¹⁸
and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,¹⁹
83:12 who said,²⁰ “Let’s take over²¹ the pastures of God!”
83:13 O my God, make them like dead thistles,²²
like dead weeds blown away by²³ the wind!
83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,
or the flames that consume the mountain sides,²⁴
83:15 chase them with your gale winds,
and terrify²⁵ them with your windstorm.
83:16 Cover²⁶ their faces with shame,
so they might seek²⁷ you,²⁸ O LORD.
83:17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified!²⁹
May they die in shame!³⁰
83:18 Then they will know³¹ that you alone are the LORD,³²
the sovereign king³³ over all the earth.