Chapter 83

O God, Be Not Silent

A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, be not silent; be not speechless;^a

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.