83:1 A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.

83:2 See how your enemies are astir, 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, that the name of Israel be 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 Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.

83:8 Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah

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 refuse 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, O 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 so that men will seek your name, O LORD.

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.