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Psalm 83 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Psa 83:1

Psa 83:1A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!

Psa 83:2

Psa 83:2For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads.

Psa 83:3

Psa 83:3They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.

Psa 83:4

Psa 83:4They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

Psa 83:5

Psa 83:5Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant--

Psa 83:6

Psa 83:6the tents of Edom and the Ish'maelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

Psa 83:7

Psa 83:7Gebal and Ammon and Am'alek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Psa 83:8

Psa 83:8Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah

Psa 83:9

Psa 83:9Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon,

Psa 83:10

Psa 83:10who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.

Psa 83:11

Psa 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmun'na,

Psa 83:12

Psa 83:12who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."

Psa 83:13

Psa 83:13O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

Psa 83:14

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

Psa 83:15

Psa 83:15so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!

Psa 83:16

Psa 83:16Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

Psa 83:17

Psa 83:17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace.

Psa 83:18

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