Psalms 83
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and 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.
2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
2(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
3(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
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.
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 they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
5(83-6) For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
6(83-7) The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
7(83-8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
8(83-9) Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah
9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
9(83-10) Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;
10Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
10(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
11(83-12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
12(83-13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
13(83-14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
14As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
14(83-15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
15So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
15(83-16) So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD .
16(83-17) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.
17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
17(83-18) Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;
18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH , art the 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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