PsalmsChapter 83

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¹A song. A psalm of Asaph.
God, do not be silent.
Do not hold your tongue.
Do not stay still, God. ²See how your enemies are raging!
See how those who hate you lift their heads! ³They make sly plans against your people.
They plot against the ones you love. ⁴They say, "Come, let's wipe them out as a nation.
Let the name of Israel be forgotten." ⁵For they all agree and plot together.
They join together against you. ⁶They are the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites, ⁷of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
of Philistia and the people of Tyre. ⁸Even Assyria has joined them.
It gives strength to the sons of Lot. Selah ⁹Do to them what you did to Midian.
Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. ¹⁰They perished at Endor.
They became like dung on the ground. ¹¹Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb.
Make all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna. ¹²Those men said, "Let's take the fields of God for ourselves." ¹³My God, make them like tumbleweeds.
Make them like straw blown by the wind. ¹⁴A fire burns up a forest.
A flame sets the mountains on fire. ¹⁵Chase them like that with your strong winds.
Scare them with your storm. ¹⁶Cover their faces with shame.
Then they will look for your name, LORD. ¹⁷May they always be ashamed and afraid.
May they perish in disgrace. ¹⁸May they know that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Your name is the LORD.