Psalms 83

Berean Standard Bible

JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)

1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

1(83-1) A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. (83-2) O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

2(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

3(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

4(83-5) They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

5(83-6) For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;

6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

6(83-7) The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

7(83-8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

8(83-9) Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah

9Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

9(83-10) Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

10(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

11(83-12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

12(83-13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'

13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

13(83-14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.

14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

14(83-15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

15(83-16) So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.

16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

16(83-17) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

17(83-18) Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;

18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

18(83-19) That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.

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