Psalm 83

Revised Version 1895

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

1O God, keep not thou silence: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3They takeH5375 crafty counsel againstH8130 thy people, and consult together againstH8130 thy hidden ones.

4They have said, Come, and let usH5921 cut them offH5921 from being a nationH5971; that the name of IsraelH5971 may be no moreH5921 in remembrance.

5For they have consulted together with one consent; againstH2142 thee do they makeH2142 a covenant:

6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

8Assyria also is joined with them; they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah

9Do thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon:

10Which perished at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

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

12Who said, Let us takeH7896 to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.

13O my GodH430, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble beforeH430 the wind.

14As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire;

15So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy storm.

16Fill their faces with confusion; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17Let them be ashamed and dismayed for ever; yea, let them be confounded and perish:

18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over allH5704 the earth.

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain