Psalms 83

1 OGod, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, OGod:

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

2 For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.

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

3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:

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

4 They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.

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.

5 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.

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

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

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

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;

7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

8 Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

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

9 Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:

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

10 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

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

11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.

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

12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselvesGod's dwelling-places in possession.

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

13 O myGod, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.

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

14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,

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

15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.

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

16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

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

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

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

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

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