1 | O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God! |
2 | For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads. |
3 | They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones. |
4 | They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" |
5 | Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant -- |
6 | the tents of Edom and the Ish'maelites, Moab and the Hagrites, |
7 | Gebal and Ammon and Am'alek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; |
8 | Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah] |
9 | Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon, |
10 | who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground. |
11 | Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmun'na, |
12 | who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God." |
13 | O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind. |
14 | As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, |
15 | so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane! |
16 | Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O LORD. |
17 | Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace. |
18 | Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth. |