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A Psalm of Asaph. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>O God, be not silent; be not speechless;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> be not still, O God. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>See how Your enemies rage, <p class="indent2"> how Your foes have reared their heads. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>With cunning they scheme against Your people <p class="indent2"> and conspire against those You cherish, <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; <p class="indent2"> may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For with one mind they plot together, <p class="indent2"> they form an alliance against You— <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, <p class="indent2"> of Moab and the Hagrites, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, <p class="indent2"> of Philistia with the people of Tyre. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Even Assyria has joined them, <p class="indent2"> lending strength to the sons of Lot. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do to them as You did to Midian, <p class="indent2"> as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>who perished at Endor <p class="indent2"> and became like dung on the ground. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, <p class="indent2"> and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>who said, “Let us possess for ourselves <p class="indent2"> the pastures of God.” <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, <p class="indent2"> like chaff before the wind. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As fire consumes a forest, <p class="indent2"> as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so pursue them with Your tempest, <p class="indent2"> and terrify them with Your storm. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Cover their faces with shame, <p class="indent2"> that they may seek Your name, O LORD. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>May they be ever ashamed and terrified; <p class="indent2"> may they perish in disgrace. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/83-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>May they know that You alone, <p class="indent2"> whose name is the LORD, <p class="indent2"> are Most High over all the earth.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>deaf</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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