Psalms 83

Psalms 83:1  
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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

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

Psalms 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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