| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! | 1A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still. |
| 2For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. | 2For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves. |
| 3They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. | 3They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire 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!” | 4They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more." |
| 5For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant— | 5For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant: |
| 6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, | 6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites; |
| 7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; | 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 | 8Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah. |
| 9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, | 9Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon, |
| 10who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground. | 10Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground. |
| 11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, | 11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, |
| 12who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.” | 12Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God." |
| 13O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind. | 13O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind. |
| 14As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, | 14Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, |
| 15so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane! | 15So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm. |
| 16Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. | 16Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O LORD. |
| 17Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, | 17Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish, |
| 18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth. | 18That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. |
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