Psalms83

¹A Song . A Psalm of Asaph . O God , do not keep silence ; do not hold your peace or be still , O God !

²For behold , your enemies make an uproar ; those who hate you have raised their heads .

³They lay crafty plans against your people ; they consult together against your treasured ones .

⁴They say , Come , let us wipe them out as a nation ; let the name of Israel be remembered no more !

⁵For they conspire with one accord ; against you they make a covenant —

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites , Moab and the Hagrites ,

⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek , Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre ;

⁸Asshur also has joined them ; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot . Selah

⁹Do to them as you did to Midian , as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon ,

¹⁰who were destroyed at En-dor , who dung for the ground .

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb , all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna ,

¹²who said , Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God .

¹³O my God , make them like whirling dust , like chaff before the wind .

¹⁴As fire consumes the forest , as the flame sets the mountains ablaze ,

¹⁵so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane !

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame , that they may seek your name , O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever ; let them perish in disgrace ,

¹⁸that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth .