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Psalm 83 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Prayer against Enemies

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

Psa 83:1

God, do not keep silent.

Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

Psa 83:2

See how your enemies make an uproar;

those who hate you have acted arrogantly.[fn]

Psa 83:3

They devise clever schemes against your people;

they conspire against your treasured ones.

Psa 83:4

They say, “Come, let’s wipe them out as a nation

so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

Psa 83:5

For they have conspired with one mind;

they form an alliance[fn] against you —

Psa 83:6

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites,

Psa 83:7

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

Psa 83:8

Even Assyria has joined them;

they lend support[fn] to the sons of Lot.[fn]Selah

Psa 83:9

Deal with them as you did with Midian,

as you did with Sisera

and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Psa 83:10

They were destroyed at En-dor;

they became manure for the ground.

Psa 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psa 83:12

who said, “Let’s seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

Psa 83:13

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,

like straw before the wind.

Psa 83:14

As fire burns a forest,

as a flame blazes through mountains,

Psa 83:15

so pursue them with your tempest

and terrify them with your storm.

Psa 83:16

Cover their faces with shame

so that they will seek your name, LORD.

Psa 83:17

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;

let them perish in disgrace.

Psa 83:18

May they know that you alone —

whose name is the LORD —

are the Most High over the whole earth.

CSB Footnotes
Lit have lifted their head
Lit they cut a covenant
Lit they are an arm
= Moab and Ammon
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