Psalm 83

Psalm 83

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Psalm 83

A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

 ¹KEEP NOT silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God.    ²For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads.^{(A)
    3}They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones.
    ⁴They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more.
    ⁵For they have consulted together with one accord and one heart; against You they make a covenant--
    ⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
    ⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
    ⁸Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm to them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
    ⁹Do to them as [You did to] the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,^{(B)
    10}Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth.
    ¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna,^{(C)
    12}Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.
    ¹³O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble or chaff before the wind!
    ¹⁴As fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
    ¹⁵So pursue and afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado or hurricane.
    ¹⁶Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, and insistently require Your name, O Lord.
    ¹⁷Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
    ¹⁸That they may know that You, Whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
   

Cross references:

1. Psalm 83:2 : Acts 4:25, 26
2. Psalm 83:9 : Judg 4:12-24
3. Psalm 83:11 : Judg 7:23-25; 8:10-21