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Psalms 83
God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, (a)do not remain quiet;
(b)Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.
2 For behold, Your enemies (c)make an uproar,
And (d)those who hate You have [a](e)exalted themselves.
3 They (f)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And [b]conspire together against (g)Your [c]treasured ones.
4 They have said, "Come, and (h)let us wipe them out [d]as a nation,
That the (i)name of Israel be remembered no more."
5 For they have [e](j)conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:
6 The tents of (k)Edom and the (l)Ishmaelites,
(m)Moab and the (n)Hagrites;
7 (o)Gebal and (p)Ammon and (q)Amalek,
(r)Philistia with the inhabitants of (s)Tyre;
8 (t)Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become [f]a help to the (u)children of Lot. [g]Selah.
9 Deal with them (v)as with Midian,
As (w)with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who (x)became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (y)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like (z)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, "(aa)Let us possess for ourselves
The (ab)pastures of God."
13 O my God, make them like the [h](ac)whirling dust,
Like (ad)chaff before the wind.
14 Like (ae)fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that (af)sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them (ag)with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.
16 (ah)Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be (ai)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,
18 That they may (aj)know that (ak)You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the (al)Most High over all the earth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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