Psalm 83

O God, Do Not Keep Silence

1O God, do not keep silence;

do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

2For behold, your enemies make an uproar;[#Ps. 2:1]

those who hate you have raised their heads.

3They lay crafty plans against your people;[#Neh. 4:8]

they consult together against your treasured ones.

4They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;[#Jer. 48:2; Ps. 74:8; Esth. 3:6]

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,[#Ps. 137:7; 2 Chr. 20:10; #Gen. 25:12-16]

Moab and the Hagrites,

7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,[#Josh. 13:5; #6; #1 Sam. 15:2]

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8Asshur also has joined them;[#2 Kgs. 15:19]

they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah

9Do to them as you did to Midian,[#Num. 31:7; Isa. 9:4]

as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

10who were destroyed at En-dor,[#Josh. 17:11; 1 Sam. 28:7]

who became dung for the ground.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,[#Judg. 7:25; 8:3]

all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves[#2 Chr. 20:11]

of the pastures of God.”

13O my God, make them like whirling dust,[#Isa. 17:13; #83:13 Or like a tumbleweed]

like chaff before the wind.

14As fire consumes the forest,[#Isa. 9:18]

as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15so may you pursue them with your tempest[#Job 9:17]

and terrify them with your hurricane!

16Fill their faces with shame,[#Ps. 35:4, 26; Job 10:15]

that they may seek your name, O Lord .

17Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;[#Ps. 35:4]

let them perish in disgrace,

18that they may know that you alone,[#Ps. 59:13]

whose name is the Lord ,

are the Most High over all the earth.

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