Psalm 83

1 God, do not rest! Don’t be silent! Don’t stay inactive, God!ISV — Psalm 83:1

2 See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats. ^{a83:2 Lit. you lift their head}ISV — Psalm 83:2

3 They plot against ^{b83:3 Lit. they make shrewd secret counsel} your people and conspire against your cherished ones.ISV — Psalm 83:3

4 They say, “Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.”ISV — Psalm 83:4

5 Indeed, they shrewdly planned together, forming an alliance against you—ISV — Psalm 83:5

6 the tents of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, the Hagrites,ISV — Psalm 83:6

7 Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.ISV — Psalm 83:7

8 Even Assyria joined them to strengthen the descendants of Lot. InterludeISV — Psalm 83:8

9 Deal with them as you did to Midian, ^{c83:9 Cf. Judg 7:1-24} Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook. ^{d83:9 Cf. Judg 4:7, 15, 21-24}ISV — Psalm 83:9

10 They were destroyed at En-dor and became as dung on the ground.ISV — Psalm 83:10

11 Punish their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, ^{e83:11 Cf. Judg 7:25} and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, ^{f83:11 Cf. Judg 8:12, 21}ISV — Psalm 83:11

12 who said, “Let us possess the pastures of God.”ISV — Psalm 83:12

13 God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind.ISV — Psalm 83:13

14 Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze.ISV — Psalm 83:14

15 Pursue them with your storm and terrify them with your whirlwind.ISV — Psalm 83:15

16 Fill their faces with shame until they seek your name, God.ISV — Psalm 83:16

17 Let them be humiliated and terrified permanently until they die in shame. ^{g83:17 Lit. they are abased and destroyed}ISV — Psalm 83:17

18 Then they will know that you alone— whose name is LORD— are the Most High over all the earth.ISV — Psalm 83:18