Thematic Bible

Psalm 83:1

O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

Psalm 83:2

For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.

Psalm 83:3

They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.

Psalm 83:4

They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

Psalm 83:5

For they conspire with one accord; 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

Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah

Psalm 83:9

Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

Psalm 83:10

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

Psalm 83:11

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

Psalm 83:12

who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."

Psalm 83:13

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

Psalm 83:14

As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Psalm 83:15

so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!

Psalm 83:16

Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.

Psalm 83:17

Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,

Psalm 83:18

that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.