Thematic Bible

Psalm 83:1

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

Psalm 83:2

For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,
And those who hate You have exalted themselves.

Psalm 83:3

They make shrewd plans against Your people,
And conspire together against Your treasured ones.

Psalm 83:4

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

Psalm 83:5

For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:

Psalm 83:6

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites;

Psalm 83:7

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Psalm 83:8

Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah.

Psalm 83:9

Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

Psalm 83:10

Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became as dung for the ground.

Psalm 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalm 83:12

Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”

Psalm 83:13

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind.

Psalm 83:14

Like fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,

Psalm 83:15

So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.

Psalm 83:16

Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

Psalm 83:17

Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,

Psalm 83:18

That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.