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O God, Do Not Keep Silence
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
A song. A psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not be silent!
Do not be deaf.
Do not be quiet, O God.
O God, do not be silent!
Do not be deaf.
Do not be quiet, O God.
For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
those who hate you have raised their heads.
Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies?
Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
they consult together against your treasured ones.
They devise crafty schemes against your people;
they conspire against your precious ones.
they conspire against your precious ones.
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant —
against you they make a covenant —
Yes, this was their unanimous decision.
They signed a treaty as allies against you —
They signed a treaty as allies against you —
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
Moabites and Hagrites;
Moabites and Hagrites;
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites;
and people from Philistia and Tyre.
and people from Philistia and Tyre.
Asshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
Assyria has joined them, too,
and is allied with the descendants of Lot.
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and is allied with the descendants of Lot.
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Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
Do to them as you did to the Midianites
and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
who became dung for the ground.
They were destroyed at Endor,
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did.
Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves
of the pastures of God.”
of the pastures of God.”
for they said, “Let us seize for our own use
these pasturelands of God!”
these pasturelands of God!”
O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed,
like chaff before the wind!
like chaff before the wind!
As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
As a fire burns a forest
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
so may you pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
and terrify them with your hurricane!
chase them with your fierce storm;
terrify them with your tempest.
terrify them with your tempest.
Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
Utterly disgrace them
until they submit to your name, O LORD.
until they submit to your name, O LORD.
Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
let them perish in disgrace,
Let them be ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
Let them die in disgrace.