Psalm 83

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A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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