Psalms 83

¹O God, be not silent; be not speechless;83:1 Or deaf

²See how Your enemies rage,

³With cunning they scheme against Your people

⁴saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation;

⁵For with one mind they plot together,

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

⁷of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,

⁸Even Assyria has joined them,

⁹Do to them as You did to Midian,

¹⁰who perished at Endor

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

¹²who said, “Let us possess for ourselves

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,

¹⁴As fire consumes a forest,

¹⁵so pursue them with Your tempest,

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame,

¹⁷May they be ever ashamed and terrified;

¹⁸May they know that You alone,