Psalms 83:1-9 ▼

1 A song. A Psalm of Asaph (gatherer). 1 O God {Elohim}, be not silent; be not speechless (deaf); be not still, O God.

2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel (he wrestles with God) be remembered no more.”

5 For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—

6 the tents of Edom (red) and the Ishmaelites, of Moab (of his father) and the Hagrites (wanderer),

7 of Gebal (a boundary), Ammon (tribal), and Amalek (dweller in a valley), of Philistia (land of sojourners) with the people of Tyre (a rock).

8 Even Assyria (a step) has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot (covering). Selah

9 Do to them as You did to Midian (strife), as to Sisera (battle array) and Jabin (whom God observes) at the River Kishon (winding),