Psalms 82

1A canticle of a psalm for Asaph.

1--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

2O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.

2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

3For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

4They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.

4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

5They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.

5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

6For they have contrived with one consent: they have made a covenant together against thee,

6I--I have said, `Gods ye <FI>are<Fi> , And sons of the Most High--all of you,

7The tabernacle of the Edomites, and the Ishmahelites: Moab, and the Agarens,

7But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

8Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

8Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

9Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

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10Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.

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11Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth.

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12Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,

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13Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

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14O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.

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15As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains:

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16So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.

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17Fill their faces with shame; and they shall seek thy name, O Lord.

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18Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them be confounded and perish.

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19And let them know that the Lord is thy name: thou alone art the most High over all the earth.

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