Psalms 83

1A Song, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

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

2For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

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

3Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

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

4They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from <FI>being<Fi> a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'

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.

5For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

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

6Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

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

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

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

8Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

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

9Do to them as <FI>to<Fi> Midian, As <FI>to<Fi> Sisera, as <FI>to<Fi> Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

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

10They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

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

11Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,

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.

12Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

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

13O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

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

14As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

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15So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

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16Fill their faces <FI>with<Fi> shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

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17They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

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18And they know that Thou--(Thy name <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah--by Thyself,) <FI>Art<Fi> the Most High over all the earth!

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