Thematic Bible

Psalm 83:1

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

Psalm 83:2

See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.

Psalm 83:3

They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.

Psalm 83:4

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

Psalm 83:5

For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance against You

Psalm 83:6

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

Psalm 83:7

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

Psalm 83:8

Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.Selah

Psalm 83:9

Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Psalm 83:10

They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.

Psalm 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalm 83:12

who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

Psalm 83:13

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.

Psalm 83:14

As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,

Psalm 83:15

so pursue them with Your tempest
and terrify them with Your storm.

Psalm 83:16

Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.

Psalm 83:17

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.

Psalm 83:18

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