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A psalm of Asaph.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O God, do not remain silent;</p><p class="line2">do not turn a deaf ear,</p><p class="line2">do not stand aloof, O God.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>See how your enemies growl,</p><p class="line2">how your foes rear their heads.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>With cunning they conspire against your people;</p><p class="line2">they plot against those you cherish.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation,</p><p class="line2">so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>With one mind they plot together;</p><p class="line2">they form an alliance against you—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,</p><p class="line2">of Moab and the Hagrites,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,</p><p class="line2">Philistia, with the people of Tyre.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Even Assyria has joined them</p><p class="line2">to reinforce Lot’s descendants. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.">b</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do to them as you did to Midian,</p><p class="line2">as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>who perished at Endor</p><p class="line2">and became like dung on the ground.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,</p><p class="line2">all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>who said, “Let us take possession</p><p class="line2">of the pasturelands of God.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Make them like tumbleweed, my God,</p><p class="line2">like chaff before the wind.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As fire consumes the forest</p><p class="line2">or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so pursue them with your tempest</p><p class="line2">and terrify them with your storm.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Cover their faces with shame, <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">so that they will seek your name.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;</p><p class="line2">may they perish in disgrace.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/83-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let them know that you, whose name is the <span class="name">Lord</span>—</p><p class="line2">that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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