Psalms 83

1O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

1O God, do not remain silent; do not stay quiet or keep still, O God.

2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

2Look! Your enemies are making a huge commotion; those who hate you are acting defiant.

3They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

3They are making clever plots against your people; they scheme together against those you protect.

4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

4They say, "Come, let us destroy them as a nation, so that the name of Israel will be forgotten forever."

5For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

5They have plotted together with one mind; they have formed an alliance against you:

6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

6the people living in 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 people of Tyre.

8Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah

8Even Assyria has joined them to give strength to the descendants of Lot.

9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

9Do to them what you did to Midian, and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River,

10Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

10who were destroyed at Endor and became like fertilizer for the ground.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

11Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

12who said, "Let us take for ourselves the pasture lands belonging to God."

13O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

13O my God, make them like tumbleweeds, like chaff blown away by the wind.

14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

14As fire burns down a forest and as a flame sets mountains on fire,

15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

15chase them with your fierce gale and terrify them with your storm.

16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

16Cover their faces with shame, O LORD, so that they will seek your name.

17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

17Let them be ashamed and terrified forever; let them be disgraced and perish.

18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

18Then they will know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.