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Psalm 83

Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
¹ Do not keep silent, O God!
        Do not hold Your peace,
        And do not be still, O God!
       ²For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;
        And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
       ³They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
        And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
       ⁴They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
        That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

       ⁵For they have consulted together with one consent;
        They form a confederacy against You:
       ⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
        Moab and the Hagrites;
       ⁷Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
        Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
       ⁸Assyria also has joined with them;
        They have helped the children of Lot.Selah

       ⁹Deal with them as with Midian,
        As with Sisera,
        As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
       ¹⁰Who perished at En Dor,
        Who became as refuse on the earth.
       ¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb,
        Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
       ¹²Who said, "Let us take for ourselves
        The pastures of God for a possession."

       ¹³O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
        Like the chaff before the wind!
       ¹⁴As the fire burns the woods,
        And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
       ¹⁵So pursue them with Your tempest,
        And frighten them with Your storm.
       ¹⁶Fill their faces with shame,
        That they may seek Your name, O LORD.
       ¹⁷Let them be confounded and dismayed forever;
        Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
       ¹⁸That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD,
        Are the Most High over all the earth.