83:1 A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.
83:2 See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads.
83:3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
83:4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
83:5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you–
83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7 Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
83:8 Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
83:10 who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12 who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
83:13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
83:14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
83:15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
83:16 Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD.
83:17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
83:18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD–that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
