1 A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still. |
2 See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads. |
3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. |
4 "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." |
5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you-- |
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, |
7 Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre. |
8 Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah |
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, |
10 who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground. |
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, |
12 who said, "Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God." |
13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. |
14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze, |
15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm. |
16 Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD. |
17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace. |
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD--that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. |