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New Testament
Psalm 83
Psalm 83
Surrounded by Enemies
A song. A psalm by Asaph.
Opening Plea
1God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, God.
A Catalog of Enemies
2Look! Your enemies are in an uproar,
and those who hate you have raised their head.
3Against your people they devise deceptive schemes,
and they plot together against the people you treasure.
4They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation,
so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.”
5Indeed, with one mind they plot together.
They form an alliance against you:
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8Even Ashshur has joined with them.
Prayer for Destruction of the Enemies
9Do to them as you did to Midian,
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the stream Kishon.
10They perished at Endor.
They became like manure for the ground.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and like Ze'eb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let us take possession of God's pastures for ourselves.”
13My God, make them like tumbleweed,
like chaff before the wind.
14As fire burns the forest,
or as a flame sets the mountains on fire,
15so pursue them with your violent wind,
and terrify them with your storm.
16Fill their faces with shame
so that they will seek your name, O Lord.
17May they be ashamed and terrified forever.
May they be disgraced and perish.
18Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord,
you alone are the Most High over all the earth.