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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.
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!
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 devise crafty schemes against your people;
they conspire against your precious ones.
they conspire against your precious ones.
They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
“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.”
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.”
Yes, this was their unanimous decision.
They signed a treaty as allies against you —
They signed a treaty as allies against you —
these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
Moabites and Hagrites;
Moabites and Hagrites;
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites;
and people from Philistia and Tyre.
and people from Philistia and Tyre.
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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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Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
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.
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,
They were destroyed at Endor,
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
Who perished at En Dor,
Who became as refuse on the earth.
Who became as refuse on the earth.
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,
Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
for they said, “Let us seize for our own use
these pasturelands of God!”
these pasturelands of God!”
Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”
The pastures of God for a possession.”
O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed,
like chaff before the wind!
like chaff before the wind!
O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like the chaff before the wind!
Like the chaff before the wind!
As a fire burns a forest
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
chase them with your fierce storm;
terrify them with your tempest.
terrify them with your tempest.
So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
And frighten them with Your storm.
Utterly disgrace them
until they submit to your name, O LORD.
until they submit to your name, O LORD.
Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
Let them be ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
Let them die in disgrace.