Psalms 83
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.
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.
2How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!
2(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
3My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
3(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
4For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
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.'
5Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.
5(83-6) For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
6Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,
6(83-7) The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7In the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set.
7(83-8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
8(83-9) Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah
9O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
9(83-10) Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;
10Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.
10(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
11For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
11(83-12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
12For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
12(83-13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
13He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
13(83-14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
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14(83-15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
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15(83-16) So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
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16(83-17) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.
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17(83-18) Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;
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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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