Thematic Bible

Psalm 83:1

{A song and Psalm of Asaph} Hold not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence; refrain not thyself, O God.

Psalm 83:2

For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring; and they that hate thee, lift up their head.

Psalm 83:3

They imagine craftily against thy people, and take counsel against thy secret ones.

Psalm 83:4

"Come," say they, "let us root them out, that they be no more a people, and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."

Psalm 83:5

For they have cast their heads together with one consent, and are confederate against thee.

Psalm 83:6

The tabernacles of the Edomites, and Ishmaelites, the Moabites, and the Hagrites.

Psalm 83:7

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek: the Philistines with them that dwell at Tyre.

Psalm 83:8

Assyria also is joined unto them, and have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Psalm 83:9

But do thou to them as unto the Midianites, unto Sisera, and unto Jabin by the brook of Kishon,

Psalm 83:10

who perished at Endor, and became as the dung of the earth.

Psalm 83:11

Make their princes like Oreb and Zeeb. Yea, make all their princes like as Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalm 83:12

who say, "We will have the houses of God in possession."

Psalm 83:13

O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

Psalm 83:14

Like as a fire that burneth up the wood, and as the flame that consumeth the mountains.

Psalm 83:15

Persecute them even so with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Psalm 83:16

Make their faces ashamed, O LORD, that they may seek thy name.

Psalm 83:17

Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; let them be put to shame and perish.

Psalm 83:18

And they shall know that thou, whose name is Jehovah, art only the most highest over all the earth.