Psalm 83:1-Psalm 84:1 - Prayer Against Enemies

¹ A song. A psalm of Asaph.God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.
² See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
³ They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.
⁴ They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”
⁵ For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance against You—
⁶ the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
⁷ Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
⁸ Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.Selah

⁹ Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.
¹⁰ They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.
¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹² who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.
¹⁴ As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,
¹⁵ so pursue them with Your tempest
and terrify them with Your storm.
¹⁶ Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.
¹⁷ Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.
¹⁸ May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.

¹ For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord of Hosts.