Psalm 83

O God, Be Not Silent

A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹ O God, be not silent; be not speechless;¹ be not still, O God.

² See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

³ With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

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

⁵ For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—

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

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

⁸ Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

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

¹⁰ who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

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

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

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

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

¹⁵ so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

¹⁶ Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷ May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

¹⁸ May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.