A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. |
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Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!
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For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
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They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
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They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
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For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:
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The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;
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Gebal, 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. Selah
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Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
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Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Who said, “Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession.”
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O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!
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As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
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So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
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Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD.
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Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
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That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.
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