Psalm 83

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

1        Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,

                   O keep not silence now:

          Do thou not hold thy peace, O God,

                   and still no more be thou.

2        For, lo, thine enemies a noise

                   tumultuously have made;

          And they that haters are of thee

                    have lifted up the head.

3        Against thy chosen people they

                   do crafty counsel take;

          And they against thy hidden ones

                   do consultations make.

4        Come, let us cut them off, said they,

                   from being a nation,

          That of the name of Isr'el may

                   no more be mention.

5        For with joint heart they plot, in league

                   against thee they combine.

6        The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites,

                   Moab's and Hagar's line;

7        Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek,

                   Philistines, those of Tyre;

8        And Assur join'd with them, to help

                   Lot's children they conspire.

9        Do to them as to Midian,

                   Jabin at Kison strand;

10      And Sis'ra, which at Endor fell,

                   as dung to fat the land.

11      Like Oreb and like Zeeb make

                   their noble men to fall;

          Like Zebah and Zalmunna like,

                   make thou their princes all;

12      Who said, For our possession

                   let us God's houses take.

13      My God, them like a wheel, as chaff

                   before the wind, them make.

14      As fire consumes the wood, as flame

                   doth mountains set on fire,

15      Chase and affright them with the storm

                   and tempest of thine ire.

16      Their faces fill with shame, O Lord,

                   that they may seek thy name.

17      Let them confounded be, and vex'd,

                   and perish in their shame:

18      That men may know that thou, to whom

                   alone doth appertain

          The name JEHOVAH, dost most high

                   o'er all the earth remain.