Psalms 83

שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְאָסָֽף׃

אֱלֹהִ֥ים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָ֑ךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַ֖שׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ט אֵֽל׃

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

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה א֭וֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֶ֗יךָ נָ֣שְׂאוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃

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

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

עַֽל־עַ֭מְּךָ יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ ס֑וֹד וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּ עַל־צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃

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

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד׃

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

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

כִּ֤י נוֹעֲצ֣וּ לֵ֣ב יַחְדָּ֑ו עָ֝לֶ֗יךָ בְּרִ֣ית יִכְרֹֽתוּ׃

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

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

אָהֳלֵ֣י אֱ֭דוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים מוֹאָ֥ב וְהַגְרִֽים׃

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

The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

גְּבָ֣ל וְ֭עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת עִם־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃

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

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃

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

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃

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

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

נִשְׁמְד֥וּ בְֽעֵין־דֹּ֑אר הָ֥יוּ דֹּ֝֗מֶן לָאֲדָמָֽה׃

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

Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

שִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ נְ֭דִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵ֣ב וְכִזְאֵ֑ב וּֽכְזֶ֥בַח וּ֝כְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע כָּל־נְסִיכֵֽמוֹ׃

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

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

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָ֭מְרוּ נִ֣ירֲשָׁה לָּ֑נוּ אֵ֝֗ת נְא֣וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים׃

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

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

אֱֽלֹהַ֗י שִׁיתֵ֥מוֹ כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל כְּ֝קַ֗שׁ לִפְנֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

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

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

כְּאֵ֥שׁ תִּבְעַר־יָ֑עַר וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט הָרִֽים׃

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

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

כֵּ֭ן תִּרְדְּפֵ֣ם בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ וּבְסוּפָתְךָ֥ תְבַהֲלֵֽם׃

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

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

מַלֵּ֣א פְנֵיהֶ֣ם קָל֑וֹן וִֽיבַקְשׁ֖וּ שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָֽה׃

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

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲל֥וּ עֲדֵי־עַ֗ד וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

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

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֬ה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.