Thematic Bible

Psalm 83:1

A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

Psalm 83:2

For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

Psalm 83:3

Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

Psalm 83:4

They have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'

Psalm 83:5

For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

Psalm 83:6

Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

Psalm 83:7

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

Psalm 83:8

Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

Psalm 83:9

Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

Psalm 83:10

They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

Psalm 83:11

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

Psalm 83:12

Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

Psalm 83:13

O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

Psalm 83:14

As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

Psalm 83:15

So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

Psalm 83:16

Fill their faces with shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

Psalm 83:17

They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

Psalm 83:18

And they know that Thou -- (Thy name is Jehovah -- by Thyself,) Art the Most High over all the earth!