Psalms 83

1Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.

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

2How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

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

3my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

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

4For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

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

5Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

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

6Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

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

7In the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.

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

8For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

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

9O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

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

10Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

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

11For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

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

12For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

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

13He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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

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

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

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

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

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