Psalms 83:1–18

^{A song. A melody of A′saph.}

¹O God, let there be no silence on your part;
Do not keep speechless, and do not stay quiet, O Divine One.

²For, look! your very enemies are in an uproar;
And the very ones intensely hating you have raised [their] head.

³Against your people they cunningly carry on their confidential talk;
And they conspire against your concealed ones.

⁴They have said: “Come and let us efface them from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

⁵For with the heart they have unitedly exchanged counsel;
Against you they proceeded to conclude even a covenant,
⁶The tents of E′dom and the Ish′ma‧el‧ites, Mo′ab and the Hag′rites,
⁷Ge′bal and Am′mon and Am′a‧lek,
Phi‧lis′ti‧a together with the inhabitants of Tyre.

⁸Also, As‧syr′i‧a itself has become joined with them;
They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. ​Se′lah.

⁹Do to them as to Mid′i‧an, as to Sis′e‧ra,
As to Ja′bin at the torrent valley of Ki′shon.

¹⁰They were annihilated at En‐dor;
They became manure for the ground.

¹¹As for their nobles, make these like O′reb and like Ze′eb,
And like Ze′bah and like Zal‧mun′na all their dukes,
¹²Who have said: “Let us take possession of the abiding places of God for ourselves.”

¹³O my God, make them like a thistle whirl,
Like stubble before a wind.

¹⁴Like a fire that burns up the forest
And like a flame that scorches the mountains,
¹⁵In just that way may you pursue them with your tempest
And may you disturb them with your own storm wind.

¹⁶Fill their faces with dishonor,
That people may search for your name, O Jehovah.

¹⁷O may they be ashamed and be disturbed for all times,
And may they become abashed and perish;
¹⁸That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah,
You alone are the Most High over all the earth.