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God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

^1 (C1)Do not keep silent, O God;
^(C2)Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

² For behold, Your enemies ^(C1)are in tumult,
And ^(C2)those who hate You have ^(C3)raised their heads in hatred of You. ^(VR1)

³ They ^(C1)concoct crafty schemes against Your people,
And conspire together against ^(C2)Your hidden and precious ones.

⁴ They have said, "Come, and ^(C1)let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the ^(C2)name of Israel be remembered no more."

⁵ For they have ^(C1)conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant—

⁶ The tents of ^(C1)Edom and the ^(C2)Ishmaelites,
Of ^(C3)Moab and the ^(C4)Hagrites,

^7 (C1)Gebal and ^(C2)Ammon and ^(C3)Amalek,
^(C4)Philistia with the inhabitants of ^(C5)Tyre.

^8 (C1)Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the ^(C2)children of Lot the Ammonites and the Moabites and have been an arm of strength to them. Selah.

⁹ Deal with them ^(C1)as You did with Midian,
As ^(C2)with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon, ^(VR1)

¹⁰ Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who ^(C1)became like dung for the earth.

¹¹ Make their nobles like ^(C1)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like ^(C2)Zebah and Zalmunna, ^(VR1)

¹² Who said, "^(C1)Let us possess for ourselves
The ^(C2)pastures of God."

¹³ O my God, make them like ^(F1)(C1)whirling dust,
Like ^(C2)chaff before the wind worthless and without substance.

¹⁴ Like ^(C1)fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame ^(C2)sets the mountains on fire,

¹⁵ So pursue them ^(C1)with Your tempest
And terrify them with the violence of Your storm.

^16 (C1)Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may persistently seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷ Let them be ^(C1)ashamed and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,

¹⁸ That they may ^(C1)know that ^(C2)You alone, whose name is the LORD,
Are the ^(C3)Most High over all the earth.