A Song of a Psalm for Asaph.

83:1 O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

83:2 For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

83:3 Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against thy saints.

83:4 They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.

83:5 For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against thee;

83:6 even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes;

83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.

83:8 Yea, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. Pause.

83:9 Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

83:10 They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the earth.

83:11 Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all their princes:

83:12 who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.

83:13 O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind.

83:14 As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;

83:15 so shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest, and trouble them in thine anger.

83:16 Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek thy name, O Lord.

83:17 Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; yea, let them be confounded and destroyed.

83:18 And let them know that thy name is Lord; that thou alone art Most High over all the earth.

A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph.

83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

83:4 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.

83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.