Psalms 83 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, 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 For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile. 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 carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish. 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, |Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.| 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 Yes, they devise a unified strategy; 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 It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 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 and the inhabitants of 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 allied with them, lending its strength to 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 as you did to Midian--as you did 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; their corpses were like manure on 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 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers 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 who said, |Let's take over the pastures of God!| 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, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by 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 Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides, 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 chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm. 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 Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD. 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 May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame! 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 Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the sovereign king over all the 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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