Psalm 83

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Psalm 83

God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

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O God, ^(A)do not remain quiet;
^(B)Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

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For behold, Your enemies ^(C)make an uproar,
And ^(D)those who hate You have ^(a)^(E)exalted themselves.

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They ^(F)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And ^(b)conspire together against ^(G)Your ^(c)treasured ones.

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They have said, “Come, and ^(H)let us wipe them out ^(d)as a nation,
That the ^(I)name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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For they have ^(e)^(J)conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:

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The tents of ^(K)Edom and the ^(L)Ishmaelites,
^(M)Moab and the ^(N)Hagrites;

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^(O)Gebal and ^(P)Ammon and ^(Q)Amalek,
^(R)Philistia with the inhabitants of ^(S)Tyre;

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^(T)Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become ^(f)a help to the ^(U)children of Lot. ^(g)Selah.

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Deal with them ^(V)as with Midian,
As ^(W)with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

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Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who ^(X)became as dung for the ground.

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Make their nobles like ^(Y)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like ^(Z)Zebah and Zalmunna,

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Who said, “^(AA)Let us possess for ourselves
The ^(AB)pastures of God.”

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O my God, make them like the ^(h)^(AC)whirling dust,
Like ^(AD)chaff before the wind.

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Like ^(AE)fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that ^(AF)sets the mountains on fire,

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So pursue them ^(AG)with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.

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^(AH)Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

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Let them be ^(AI)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,

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That they may ^(AJ)know that ^(AK)You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the ^(AL)Most High over all the earth.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 83:2: ['Lit ', lifted up the head]

b. Psalm 83:3: ['Or ', consult]

c. Psalm 83:3: ['Or ', hidden ones]

d. Psalm 83:4: ['Lit ', from]

e. Psalm 83:5: ['Or ', consulted]

f. Psalm 83:8: ['Lit ', an arm]

g. Psalm 83:8: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

h. Psalm 83:13: ['Or ', tumbleweed]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 83:1: Psalm 28:1; Psalm 35:22

B. Psalm 83:1: Psalm 109:1

C. Psalm 83:2: Psalm 2:1; Isaiah 17:12

D. Psalm 83:2: Psalm 81:15

E. Psalm 83:2: Judges 8:28; Zechariah 1:21

F. Psalm 83:3: Psalm 64:2; Isaiah 29:15

G. Psalm 83:3: Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:20

H. Psalm 83:4: Esther 3:6; Psalm 74:8; Jeremiah 48:2

I. Psalm 83:4: Psalm 41:5; Jeremiah 11:19

J. Psalm 83:5: Psalm 2:2; Daniel 6:7

K. Psalm 83:6: Psalm 137:7

L. Psalm 83:6: Genesis 25:12-16

N. Psalm 83:6: 1 Chronicles 5:10

O. Psalm 83:7: Joshua 13:5; Ezekiel 27:9

Q. Psalm 83:7: 1 Samuel 15:2

R. Psalm 83:7: 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 29:1

S. Psalm 83:7: Ezekiel 27:3; Amos 1:9

U. Psalm 83:8: Deuteronomy 2:9

V. Psalm 83:9: Judges 7:1-24

W. Psalm 83:9: Judges 4:7; Judges 4:15; Judges 4:21-24

X. Psalm 83:10: Zephaniah 1:17

Y. Psalm 83:11: Judges 7:25

Z. Psalm 83:11: Judges 8:12; Judges 8:21

AB. Psalm 83:12: Psalm 132:13

AC. Psalm 83:13: Isaiah 17:13

AD. Psalm 83:13: Job 21:18; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 40:24; Jeremiah 13:24

AE. Psalm 83:14: Isaiah 9:18

AF. Psalm 83:14: Exodus 19:18; Deuteronomy 32:22

AG. Psalm 83:15: Job 9:17; Psalm 58:9

AH. Psalm 83:16: Job 10:15; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 132:18

AI. Psalm 83:17: Psalm 35:4; Psalm 70:2

AJ. Psalm 83:18: Psalm 59:13

AK. Psalm 83:18: Psalm 86:10; Isaiah 45:21

AL. Psalm 83:18: Psalm 9:2; Psalm 18:13; Psalm 97:9