1A song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, be not silent; be not speechless;a
be not still, O God.
1A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep no silence to You; do not be silent, and do not be still, O God.
2See how Your enemies rage,
how Your foes have reared their heads.
2For behold, Your enemies roar, and those hating You have lifted up the head.
3With cunning they scheme against Your people
and conspire against those You cherish,
3Against Your people, they act with cunning counsel, and they take counsel together against Your treasured ones.
4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation;
may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
4They say, “Come, and we shall make them disappear as a nation, and the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.”
5For with one mind they plot together;
they form an alliance against You—
5For, they consulted together in heart; they cut an alliance against You—
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites,
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with those dwelling in Tyre.
8Even Assyria has joined them,
lending strength to the sons of Lot.
Selah
8Assyria also has joined with them; they have become an arm for the sons of Lot. Selah
9Do to them as You did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
9may You do to them as to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the River Kishon.
10who perished at Endor
and became like dung on the ground.
10They perished at Endor; they became dung for the earth!
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
11Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, and like Zebah, and like Zalmunna—all their princes—
12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
the pastures of God.”
12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,
like chaff before the wind.
13O my God, set them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the face of the wind!
14As fire consumes a forest,
as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
14As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15so pursue them with Your tempest,
and terrify them with Your storm.
15so may You pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.
16Cover their faces with shame,
that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
16Fill their faces with shame, and they shall seek Your name, O YHWH.
17May they be ever ashamed and terrified;
may they perish in disgrace.
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed until forever, and may they be ashamed and perish!
18May they know that You alone,
whose name is the LORD,
are Most High over all the earth.
18And they shall know that You—Your name is YHWH—You alone are Most High over all the earth!