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Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not 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.
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 have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
They devise crafty schemes against your people;
they conspire against your precious ones.
they conspire against your precious ones.
They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
That the name of Israel may 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.”
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, 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.
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
They have helped 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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Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
As with Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook 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 perished at En Dor,
Who became as refuse on the earth.
Who became as refuse on the earth.
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 like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Yes, 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 for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”
The pastures of God for a possession.”
for they said, “Let us seize for our own use
these pasturelands of God!”
these pasturelands of God!”
O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like the chaff before the wind!
Like the chaff before the wind!
O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed,
like chaff before the wind!
like chaff before the wind!
As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
As a fire burns a forest
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
And frighten them with Your storm.
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 ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
Let them die in disgrace.