Psalms 83:1 (BSB)
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

Psalms 83:2 (BSB)
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

Psalms 83:3 (BSB)
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Psalms 83:4 (BSB)
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Psalms 83:5 (BSB)
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

Psalms 83:6 (BSB)
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Psalms 83:7 (BSB)
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

Psalms 83:8 (BSB)
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

Psalms 83:9 (BSB)
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

Psalms 83:10 (BSB)
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

Psalms 83:11 (BSB)
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalms 83:12 (BSB)
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

Psalms 83:13 (BSB)
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

Psalms 83:14 (BSB)
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Psalms 83:15 (BSB)
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Psalms 83:16 (BSB)
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Psalms 83:17 (BSB)
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

Psalms 83:18 (BSB)
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
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