Psalm 83:1-6

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1} A song. A psalm of Asaph.^(A)

God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.^(B)

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See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.^(a)^(C)

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They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.^(D)

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

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For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance^(b) against You^(F)—

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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,^(G)
Moab and the Hagrites,^(H)

a. Psalm 83:2: Lit have lifted their head

b. Psalm 83:5: Lit they cut a covenant

B. Psalm 83:1: Psalm 28:1; Psalm 39:12; Isaiah 62:1

C. Psalm 83:2: Psalm 2:1; Isaiah 17:12

D. Psalm 83:3: Job 5:12-13; Psalm 37:12; Psalm 64:2

E. Psalm 83:4: Psalm 41:5; Jeremiah 11:19

F. Psalm 83:5: Psalm 2:2

G. Psalm 83:6: Genesis 25:12-16; Psalm 137:7

H. Psalm 83:6: 1 Chronicles 5:10; 2 Chronicles 20:10