God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
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Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.
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For behold, Your enemies are in tumult,
And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].(A)
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They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,
And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.
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They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
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For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant—
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The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Of Moab and the Hagrites,
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Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
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Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
Do not keep silent, O God;
Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.
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For behold, Your enemies are in tumult,
And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].(A)
They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,
And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.
They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant—
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Of Moab and the Hagrites,
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
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Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became like dung for the earth.
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Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”
Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became like dung for the earth.
Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”
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O my God, make them like (a)whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].
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Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
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So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
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Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
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Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,
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That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
O my God, make them like (a)whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].
Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,
That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
Footnotes:
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Psalm 83:13: Or tumbleweed.