Psalms 83

¹Psalms 83:1. A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.²Psalms 83:2. See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.³Psalms 83:3. With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,⁴Psalms 83:4. saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”⁵Psalms 83:5. For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—⁶Psalms 83:6. the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,⁷Psalms 83:7. of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.⁸Psalms 83:8. Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah⁹Psalms 83:9. Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,¹⁰Psalms 83:10. who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.¹¹Psalms 83:11. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,¹²Psalms 83:12. who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”¹³Psalms 83:13. Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.¹⁴Psalms 83:14. As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,¹⁵Psalms 83:15. so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.¹⁶Psalms 83:16. Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.¹⁷Psalms 83:17. May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.¹⁸Psalms 83:18. May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.