American Standard Version

Psalms 83

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

1O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace,andbe not still, O God.

2For, lo, thine enemies makeatumult;Andtheythathate theehavelifted upthehead.

3TheytakeH5375crafty counselagainstthy people,Andconsult togetheragainstthy hidden ones.

4Theyhavesaid, Come,andletuscutthemofffrombeinganation;ThatthenameofIsraelmay be nomoreinremembrance.

5Fortheyhaveconsulted togetherwithoneconsent;Againstthee dotheymakeH2142acovenant:

6ThetentsofEdomandtheIshmaelites; Moab,andtheHagarenes;

7Gebal,andAmmon,andAmalek; Philistiawiththe inhabitantsofTyre:

8Assyria alsoisjoinedwiththem;TheyhavehelpedthechildrenofLot. [Selah

9Do thou untothemasunto Midian,AstoSisera,astoJabin,attheriver Kishon;

10WhoperishedatEndor,Whobecameasdung fortheearth.

11MaketheirnobleslikeOrebandZeeb; Yea, alltheirprinceslikeZebahandZalmunna;

12Whosaid, Let ustaketoourselvesinpossessionThehabitationsofGod.

13OmyGodH430, makethemlikethewhirling dust;Asstubblebeforethewind.

14Asthefirethatburneththeforest,Andastheflamethatsetteththemountainsonfire,

15So pursuethemwiththy tempest,Andterrifythemwiththy storm.

16Filltheirfaceswithconfusion,Thattheymay seek thy name, O Jehovah.

17Letthembeputtoshameקָל֑וֹןka.LonH7036anddismayedforever; Yea, letthembeconfoundedandperish;

18Thattheymay knowthatthou alone, whose name is Jehovah, ArttheMost Highoveralltheearth.

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain