83 1 O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
83 2 For lo, your enemies are in tumult;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
83 3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your protected ones.
83 4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
83 5 Yea, they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant -
83 6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
83 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
83 8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
83 9 Do to them as You did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
83 10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
83 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83 12 who said, "Let us take possession
for ourselves of the pastures of God."
83 13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,
like chaff before the wind.
83 14 As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
83 15 so do you pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
83 16 Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Yahweh.
83 17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever;
let them perish in disgrace.
83 18 Let them know that you alone,
whose name is Yahweh,
art the most high over all the earth.