Psalm 83

Psalm 83

Prayer for Judgment on Israel’s Foes

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, do not keep silent;

do not hold your peace or be still, O God!^*

²Even now your enemies are in tumult;

those who hate you have raised their heads.^*

³They lay crafty plans against your people;

they consult together against those you protect.^*

⁴They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;

let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”^*

⁵They conspire with one accord;

against you they make a covenant—^*

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites,^*

⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

⁸Assyria also has joined them;

they are the strong arm of the children of Lot.   Selah

⁹Do to them as you did to Midian,

as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,^*

¹⁰who were destroyed at En-dor,

who became dung for the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,^*

¹²who said, “Let us take the pastures of God

for our own possession.”^*

¹³O my God, make them like whirling dust,^r

like chaff before the wind.^*

¹⁴As fire consumes the forest,

as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,^*

¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest

and terrify them with your hurricane.^*

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame,

so that they may seek your name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;

let them perish in disgrace.^*

¹⁸Let them know that you alone,

whose name is the Lord,

are the Most High over all the earth.^*