Psalm 83

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

1God, do not keep silent; do not hold your peace or be still, God.

2For look, your enemies are in an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.

3They lay crafty plans against your people; they plot against those you treasure.

4They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

5For with one mind they plot together; against you they make a covenant:

6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the people of Tyre.

8Assyria too has joined them; they have become the strong arm of the descendants of Lot. Selah.

9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River,

10who were destroyed at En-dor and became dung for the ground.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12who said, “Let us take possession of the pastures of God for ourselves.”

13My God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

14As fire burns a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.

16Fill their faces with shame, so that they will seek your name, Yahweh.

17Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them be disgraced and perish.

18Let them know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.