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God, Don't Keep Silent
{A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
{A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
See how your enemies growl,
how your foes rear their heads.
how your foes rear their heads.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
With cunning they conspire against your people;
they plot against those you cherish.
they plot against those you cherish.
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.
“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation,
so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
With one mind they plot together;
they form an alliance against you —
they form an alliance against you —
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites,
of Moab and the Hagrites,
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Do to them as you did to Midian,
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
who perished at Endor
and became like dung on the ground.
and became like dung on the ground.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
who said, “Let us take possession
of the pasturelands of God.”
of the pasturelands of God.”
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like chaff before the wind.
like chaff before the wind.
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
As fire consumes the forest
or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your storm.
and terrify them with your storm.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Cover their faces with shame, Lord,
so that they will seek your name.
so that they will seek your name.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
may they perish in disgrace.
may they perish in disgrace.