Psalms 83

CLV(i) 1 {A Song, An Asaphic Psalm{ O Elohim, let there not be silence on Your part; Do not be silent, and do not be quiet, O El." 2 For behold, Your enemies, they are clamoring, And those hating You, they lift up their head." 3 Against Your people are they carrying on deliberation in craftiness, And they are intriguing against Your secluded ones." 4 They say, Come, and let us suppress them as a nation, So that the name of Israel shall not be remembered any more." 5 For they have intrigued in heart together; Against You are they contracting a covenant, 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites, 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the dwellers of Tyre;" 8 Even Assyria is allied with them; They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. {Interlude{ 9 Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera, As to Jabin at the Wadi Kishon:" 10 They were exterminated at Endor; They became manure for the ground. 11 As for their patrons, set them down like Oreb and like Zeeb, And all their sovereigns like Zebah and like Zalmunna, 12 Who said, Let us tenant for ourselves The oases of Elohim." 13 O my Elohim, set them aside like tumbleweed, Like straw before the wind." 14 Like fire that consumes the wildwood, And like a blaze that sets the mountains aflame, 15 So pursue them with Your tempest And fill them with panic with Your sweeping whirlwind. 16 Fill their faces with dishonor, So that men shall seek Your Name, O Yahweh." 17 May they be ashamed and filled with panic for the future, And may they be abashed and perish, 18 So that men may realize that You, You, Whose Name is Yahweh, Yours alone, Are the Supreme over all the earth. {Permanent, On the Wine Trough{ "