Psalm 83

Prayer Against Enemies 

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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!                                

                                    1 {A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.                                

                                    1 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.O God, (A)do not remain quiet;(B)Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.                                

                                    1 A song. A psalm of Asaph.(A)God, do not keep silent.Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.(B)                                

                                    1 God, do not rest! Don't be silent! Don't stay inactive, God!                                
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                                    2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.                                

                                    2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.                                

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

                                    2 See how Your enemies make an uproar;those who hate You have acted arrogantly.(a)(C)                                

                                    2 See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats.                                
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                                    3 They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.                                

                                    3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.                                

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

                                    3 They devise clever schemes against Your people;they conspire against Your treasured ones.(D)                                

                                    3 They plot against your people and conspire against your cherished ones.                                
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                                    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."                                

                                    4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.                                

                                    4 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.”                                

                                    4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nationso that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”(E)                                

                                    4 They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."                                
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                                    5 Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.                                

                                    5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:                                

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

                                    5 For they have conspired with one mind;they form an alliance(b) against You(F)—                                

                                    5 Indeed, they shrewdly planned together, forming an alliance against you                                     
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                                    6 It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,                                

                                    6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;                                

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

                                    6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,(G)Moab and the Hagrites,(H)                                

                                    6 the tents of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, the Hagrites,                                
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                                    7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.                                

                                    7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;                                

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

                                    7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,(I)Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.(J)                                

                                    7 Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.                                
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                                    8 Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)                                

                                    8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.                                

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

                                    8 Even Assyria has joined them;they lend support(c) to the sons of Lot.(d)(K)Selah                                

                                    8 Even Assyria joined them to strengthen the descendants of Lot. Interlude                                
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                                    9 Do to them as you did to Midian  --  as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!                                

                                    9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:                                

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

                                    9 Deal with them as You did with Midian,(L)as You did with Siseraand Jabin at the Kishon River.(M)                                

                                    9 Deal with them as you did to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook.                                
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                                    10 They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.                                

                                    10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.                                

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

                                    10 They were destroyed at En-dor;they became manure for the ground.(N)                                

                                    10 They were destroyed at En-dor and became as dung on the ground.                                
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                                    11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,                                

                                    11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:                                

                                    11 Make their nobles like (Y)Oreb and ZeebAnd all their princes like (Z)Zebah and Zalmunna,                                

                                    11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(O)and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,(P)                                

                                    11 Punish their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,                                
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                                    12 who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"                                

                                    12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.                                

                                    12 Who said, “(AA)Let us possess for ourselvesThe (AB)pastures of God.”                                

                                    12 who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”(Q)                                

                                    12 who said, "Let us possess the pastures of God."                                
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                                    13 O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!                                

                                    13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.                                

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

                                    13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,like straw before the wind.(R)                                

                                    13 God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind.                                
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                                    14 Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,                                

                                    14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;                                

                                    14 Like (AE)fire that burns the forestAnd like a flame that (AF)sets the mountains on fire,                                

                                    14 As fire burns a forest,as a flame blazes through mountains,(S)                                

                                    14 Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze.                                
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                                    15 chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.                                

                                    15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.                                

                                    15 So pursue them (AG)with Your tempestAnd terrify them with Your storm.                                

                                    15 so pursue them with Your tempestand terrify them with Your storm.(T)                                

                                    15 Pursue them with your storm and terrify them with your whirlwind.                                
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                                    16 Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O Lord.                                

                                    16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.                                

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

                                    16 Cover their faces with shameso that they will seek Your name Yahweh.(U)                                

                                    16 Fill their faces with shame until they seek your name, God.                                
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                                    17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!                                

                                    17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:                                

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

                                    17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;let them perish in disgrace.(V)                                

                                    17 Let them be humiliated and terrified permanently until they die in shame.                                
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                                    18 Then they will know that you alone are the Lord, the sovereign king over all the earth.                                

                                    18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.                                

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

                                    18 May they know that You alone—whose name is Yahweh—are the Most High over all the earth.(W)                                

                                    18 Then they will know that you alone      whose name is LORD      are the Most High over all the earth. To the Director: On the Gittith. A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.