Psalm 83

Psalm LXXXIII.

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

^aKeep not thou silence, O God:

^bHold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

²For lo, thine enemies ^cmake a tumult:

And they that ^dhate thee have ^elift up the head.

^3fThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people,

And consulted against ^gthy hidden ones.

⁴They have said, Come, and let us ^hcut them off ⁱfrom being a nation;

That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

⁵For they have ^kconsulted together with one consent:

They ^lare confederate against thee:

⁶The tabernacles of ^mEdom, and the ⁿIshmaelites;

Of ^mMoab, and the ^oHagarenes;

^7psGebal, and ^mAmmon, and ^qAmalek;

The ^rPhilistines with the inhabitants of ^sTyre;

^8stAssur also is joined with them:

They have ^uholpen ^xthe children of Lot. Selah.

⁹Do unto them as unto the ^yMidianites;

As to ^zSisera, as to Jabin, at ^athe brook of Kison:

¹⁰Which perished at ^bEn-dor:

They became ^cas dung for the earth.

¹¹Make their nobles like ^dOreb, and like ^dZeeb:

Yea, all their ^eprinces as ^fZebah, and as ^fZalmunna:

¹²Who said, ^gLet us take to ourselves

The ^hhouses of God in possession.

¹³O my God, make them ⁱlike a wheel;

^kAs the stubble ^ipbefore the wind.

^14lAs the fire burneth a wood,

And as the flame ^msetteth the mountains on fire;

¹⁵So ⁱpersecute them ⁿwith thy ^otempest,

And make them afraid with thy ^ipstorm.

^16qFill their faces with shame;

That they may seek thy name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be ^rconfounded and troubled for ever;

Yea, let them be ^rput to shame, and perish:

¹⁸That men ^smay know that thou, ^twhose name ^ualone is JEHOVAH,

Art ^wthe most High over all the earth.