Psalms 83 / 150
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(O God, Do Not Keep Silence)A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
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For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
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They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
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They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
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For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant--
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
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Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Asshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
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Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
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who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves
of the pastures of God."
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O my God, make them like whirling dust,
like chaff before the wind.
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As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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so may you pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
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Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
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Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
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that they may know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.