Psalm 83 :: New International Version (NIV)

Psa 83:1

Psa 83:1 [fn]A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.

Psa 83:2

Psa 83:2See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.

Psa 83:3

Psa 83:3With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.

Psa 83:4

Psa 83:4“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”

Psa 83:5

Psa 83:5With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—

Psa 83:6

Psa 83:6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Psa 83:7

Psa 83:7Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.

Psa 83:8

Psa 83:8Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[fn]

Psa 83:9

Psa 83:9Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

Psa 83:10

Psa 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

Psa 83:11

Psa 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psa 83:12

Psa 83:12who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”

Psa 83:13

Psa 83:13Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.

Psa 83:14

Psa 83:14As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Psa 83:15

Psa 83:15so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.

Psa 83:16

Psa 83:16Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.

Psa 83:17

Psa 83:17May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.

Psa 83:18

Psa 83:18Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

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NIV Footnotes

(83:1)

In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.

(83:8)

The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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