Psalm 83
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1A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.1A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!
2For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves.2For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.
3They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones.3They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.
4They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more."4They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more."
5For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant:5Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites;6It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah.8Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,9Do to them as you did to Midian--as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!
10Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground.10They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God."12who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"
13O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind.13O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!
14Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
15So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm.15chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.
16Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O LORD.16Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD.
17Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish,17May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!
18That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.18Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the sovereign king over all the earth.
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Psalm 82
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