| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God! | 1O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! |
| 2For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile. | 2For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. |
| 3They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish. | 3They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. |
| 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." | 4They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!” |
| 5Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you. | 5For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant— |
| 6It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, | 6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, |
| 7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. | 7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; |
| 8Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah) | 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 you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! | 9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, |
| 10They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground. | 10who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground. |
| 11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna, | 11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, |
| 12who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!" | 12who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.” |
| 13O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind! | 13O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind. |
| 14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides, | 14As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, |
| 15chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm. | 15so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane! |
| 16Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD. | 16Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. |
| 17May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame! | 17Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, |
| 18Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the sovereign king 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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