Psalms 83 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 [A song; a psalm by Asaph.] O God, do not remain silent. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. Do not keep quiet, O God. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
2 Look, your enemies are in an uproar. Those who hate you hold their heads high. For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 They make plans in secret against your people and plot together against those you treasure. They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
4 They say, |Let's wipe out their nation so that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.| They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!” “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 They agree completely on their plan. They form an alliance against you: For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant— With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents from Edom and Ishmael, Moab and Hagar, the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre. Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined them. They helped the descendants of Lot. [Selah] Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 They were destroyed at Endor. They became manure to fertilize the ground. who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground. who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Treat their influential people as you treated Oreb and Zeeb. Treat all their leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 They said, |Let's take God's pasturelands for ourselves.| who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.” who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 O my God, blow them away like tumbleweeds, like husks in the wind. O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind. Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 Pursue them with your storms, and terrify them with your windstorms As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 the way fire burns a forest and flames set mountains on fire. so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane! so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Let their faces blush with shame, O LORD, so that they must look to you for help. Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 so that they must acknowledge you. Your name is the LORD. You alone are the Most High God of the whole earth. that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth. Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
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