Psalms 83
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
King James Version with Apocrypha
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.
1Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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.'
4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5(83-6) For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6(83-7) The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7(83-8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8(83-9) Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah
8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
9(83-10) Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;
9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
10Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
11(83-12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12(83-13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13(83-14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14(83-15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
14As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15(83-16) So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
15So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16(83-17) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.
16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD .
17(83-18) Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;
17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18(83-19) That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH , art the most high over all the earth.
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