Psalms 83 · Clearspring

A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, Be Not Silent

¹O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.+ ²See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.+ ³With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,+ ⁴saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”+ ⁵For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—+ ⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,+ ⁷of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.+ ⁸Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah+ ⁹Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,+ ¹⁰who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.+ ¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,+ ¹²who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”+ ¹³Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.+ ¹⁴As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,+ ¹⁵so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.+ ¹⁶Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.+ ¹⁷May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.+ ¹⁸May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.+

O God, Be Not Silent

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