The Psalms

Psalm 83

A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

 ^83:1O God, keep not thou silence:

 Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

 ^83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult;

 And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

 ^83:3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people,

 And consult together against thy hidden ones.

 ^83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;

 That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

 ^83:5For they have consulted together with one consent;

 Against thee do they make a covenant:

 ^83:6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

 Moab, and the Hagarenes;

 ^83:7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;

 Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

 ^83:8Assyria also is joined with them;

 They have helped the children of Lot.

Selah

 ^83:9Do thou unto them as unto Midian,

 As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

 ^83:10Who perished at Endor,

 Who became as dung for the earth.

 ^83:11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb;

 Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

 ^83:12Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession

 The habitations of God.

 ^83:13O my God, make them like the whirling dust;

 As stubble before the wind.

 ^83:14As the fire that burneth the forest,

 And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

 ^83:15So pursue them with thy tempest,

 And terrify them with thy storm.

 ^83:16Fill their faces with confusion,

 That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

 ^83:17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever;

 Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

 ^83:18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah,

 Art the Most High over all the earth.