83:1 *[A song. A psalm of Asaph.] O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. / *In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.
83:2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
83:3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
83:4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
83:5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you -
83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
83:8 Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.* / *The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
83:10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12 who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
83:13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
83:14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
83:15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
83:16 Cover their faces with shame, Lord, so that they will seek your name.
83:17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
83:18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord - that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.