O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O •God: For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head. They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones: They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more. For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee. The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre; Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

⁹Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon: ¹⁰Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground. ¹¹Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna. ¹²For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God’s dwelling-places in possession. ¹³O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind. ¹⁴As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire, ¹⁵So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind. ¹⁶Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. ¹⁷Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish: ¹⁸That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 84

To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living •God. Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, —they, in whose heart are the highways. Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. They go from strength to strength: each one will appear before God in Zion.

⁸Jehovah, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. ⁹Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. ¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. ¹²Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!

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