Psalms 83
WEB·Psalms 83
1A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
KJVA SongH7892 or PsalmH4210 of AsaphH623. Keep not thou silenceH1824, O GodH430: hold not thy peaceH2790(H8799), and be not stillH8252(H8799), O GodH410.
2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
KJVFor, lo, thine enemiesH341(H8802) make a tumultH1993(H8799): and they that hateH8130(H8764) thee have lifted upH5375(H8804) the headH7218.
3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
KJVThey have taken craftyH6191(H8686) counselH5475 against thy peopleH5971, and consultedH3289(H8691) against thy hidden onesH6845(H8803).
4 “Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
KJVThey have saidH559(H8804), ComeH3212(H8798), and let us cut them offH3582(H8686) from being a nationH1471; that the nameH8034 of IsraelH3478 may be no more in remembranceH2142(H8735).
5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
KJVFor they have consultedH3289(H8738) togetherH3162 with one consentH3820: they areH3772(H8799) confederateH1285 against thee:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
KJVThe tabernaclesH168 of EdomH123, and the IshmaelitesH3459; of MoabH4124, and the HagarenesH1905;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
KJVGebalH1381, and AmmonH5983, and AmalekH6002; the PhilistinesH6429 with the inhabitantsH3427(H8802) of TyreH6865;
8 Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
KJVAssurH804 also is joinedH3867(H8738) with them: they have holpenH2220 the childrenH1121 of LotH3876. SelahH5542.
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
KJVDoH6213(H8798) unto them as unto the MidianitesH4080; as to SiseraH5516, as to JabinH2985, at the brookH5158 of KisonH7028:
10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
KJVWhich perishedH8045(H8738) at EndorH5874: they became as dungH1828 for the earthH127.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
KJVMakeH7896(H8798) their noblesH5081 like OrebH6159, and like ZeebH2062: yea, all their princesH5257 as ZebahH2078, and as ZalmunnaH6759:
12 who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
KJVWho saidH559(H8804), Let us take to ourselves the housesH4999 of GodH430 in possessionH3423(H8799).
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
KJVO my GodH430, makeH7896(H8798) them like a wheelH1534; as the stubbleH7179 beforeH6440 the windH7307.
14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
KJVAs the fireH784 burnethH1197(H8799) a woodH3293, and as the flameH3852 settethH3857 the mountainsH2022 on fireH3857(H8762);
15 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
KJVSo persecuteH7291(H8799) them with thy tempestH5591, and make them afraidH926(H8762) with thy stormH5492.
16 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
KJVFillH4390(H8761) their facesH6440 with shameH7036; that they may seekH1245(H8762) thy nameH8034, O LORDH3068.
17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
KJVLet them be confoundedH954(H8799) and troubledH926(H8735) for everH5703; yea, let them be put to shameH2659(H8799), and perishH6(H8799):
18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
KJVThat men may knowH3045(H8799) that thou, whose nameH8034 alone is JEHOVAHH3068, art the most highH5945 over all the earthH776.
Psalms 83
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