Psalms 83
83
A song. A psalm of Asaph.
1O God, do not be silent!
Do not be deaf.
Do not be quiet, O God.
2Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies?
Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
3They devise crafty schemes against your people;
they conspire against your precious ones.
4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
5Yes, this was their unanimous decision.
They signed a treaty as allies against you—
6these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
Moabites and Hagrites;
7Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites;
and people from Philistia and Tyre.
8Assyria has joined them, too,
and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude
9Do to them as you did to the Midianites
and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10They were destroyed at Endor,
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
11Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did.
Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12for they said, “Let us seize for our own use
these pasturelands of God!”
13O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed,
like chaff before the wind!
14As a fire burns a forest
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
15chase them with your fierce storm;
terrify them with your tempest.
16Utterly disgrace them
until they submit to your name, O Lord.
17Let them be ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
18Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord,
that you alone are the Most High,
supreme over all the earth.
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Psalm 83
83
O God, Do Not Keep Silence
A Song. A Psalm of #See Ps. 50, titleAsaph.
1O God, do not keep silence;
# See Ps. 28:1 do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2For behold, your enemies #[Ps. 2:1] make an uproar;
those who hate you have #Judg. 8:28raised their heads.
3They lay #[Neh. 4:8] crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your #See Ps. 27:5; 31:20treasured ones.
4They say, “Come, #Jer. 48:2; [Ps. 74:8; Esth. 3:6]let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—
6the tents of #Ps. 137:7; See 2 Chr. 20:10 Edom and #See Gen. 25:12-16 the Ishmaelites,
#
2 Chr. 20:10 Moab and #1 Chr. 5:10the Hagrites,
7 #
Josh. 13:5 Gebal and #[See ver. 6 above] Ammon and #1 Sam. 15:2 Amalek,
#
1 Sam. 4:1; [Amos 1:6] Philistia with the inhabitants of #Ezek. 27:3; [Amos 1:9]Tyre;
8 #
2 Kgs. 15:19 Asshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of #Deut. 2:9, 19the children of Lot. Selah
9Do to them as you did to #Num. 31:7; See Isa. 9:4 Midian,
as to #Judg. 4:15, 24 Sisera and Jabin at #Judg. 4:7; 5:21the river Kishon,
10who were destroyed at #Josh. 17:11; 1 Sam. 28:7 En-dor,
who became #See Job 20:7dung for the ground.
11Make their nobles like #Judg. 7:25; 8:3 Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like #See Judg. 8:5-21Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, #[2 Chr. 20:11]“Let us take possession for ourselves
of the pastures of God.”
13O my God, make them like #Isa. 17:13 whirling dust,#83:13 Or like a tumbleweed
like #Job 13:25; 21:18; [Ps. 1:4]chaff before the wind.
14As #[Isa. 9:18]; See Isa. 10:16-19 fire consumes the forest,
as the flame #Deut. 32:22sets the mountains ablaze,
15so may you pursue them #Job 9:17with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 # [Ps. 35:4, 26; Job 10:15] Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17Let them be #Ps. 35:4put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
18that they may #Ps. 59:13 know that you alone,
#
Ex. 6:3 whose name is the Lord,
are #Ps. 9:2; 18:13; 97:9the Most High over all the earth.
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