Psalm

83 O God, do not be silent;+

Do not keep quiet* or still, O Divine One.

 2 For look! your enemies are in an uproar;+

Those who hate you act arrogantly.*

 3 With cunning they secretly plot against your people;

They conspire against your treasured ones.*

 4 They say: “Come, let us annihilate them as a nation,+

So that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

 5 They devise a unified strategy;*

They have made an alliance* against you+—

 6 The tents of Eʹdom and the Ishʹma·el·ites, Moʹab+ and the Hagʹrites,+

 7 Geʹbal and Amʹmon+ and Amʹa·lek,

Phi·lisʹti·a+ together with the inhabitants of Tyre.+

 8 As·syrʹi·a+ too has joined them;

They give support to* the sons of Lot.+ (Selah)

 9 Do to them as you did to Midʹi·an,+

As you did to Sisʹe·ra and Jaʹbin at the stream* of Kiʹshon.+

10 They were annihilated at En-dor;+

They became manure for the ground.

11 Make their nobles like Oʹreb and Zeʹeb+

And their princes* like Zeʹbah and Zal·munʹna,+

12 For they said: “Let us take possession of the land where God dwells.”

13 O my God, make them like a whirling thistle,*+

Like stubble blown about by the wind.

14 Like a fire that burns up the forest,

Like a flame that scorches the mountains,+

15 So may you pursue them with your tempest+

And terrify them with your windstorm.+

16 Cover* their faces with dishonor,

So that they may search for your name, O Jehovah.

17 May they be put to shame and be terrified forever;

May they be disgraced and perish;

18 May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah,+

You alone are the Most High over all the earth.+