Psalm 83 - NKJV Bible Online

Psalm 83

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

Do^a not keep silent, O God!

Do not hold Your peace,

And do not be still, O God!

For behold, ^aYour enemies make a ¹tumult;

And those who hate You have ²lifted up their head.

They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,

And consulted together ^aagainst Your sheltered ones.

They have said, “Come, and ^alet us cut them off from being a nation,

That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one ¹consent;

They ²form a confederacy against You:

^aThe tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

Moab and the Hagrites;

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Assyria also has joined with them;

They have helped the children of Lot.

Selah

Deal with them as with ^aMidian,

As with ^bSisera,

As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

Who perished at En Dor,

^aWho became as refuse on the earth.

Make their nobles like ^aOreb and like Zeeb,

Yes, all their princes like ^bZebah and Zalmunna,

Who said, “Let us take for ourselves

The pastures of God for a possession.”

^aO my God, make them like the whirling dust,

^bLike the chaff before the wind!

As the fire burns the woods,

And as the flame ^asets the mountains on fire,

So pursue them with Your tempest,

And frighten them with Your storm.

Fill their faces with shame,

That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

Let them be ¹confounded and dismayed forever;

Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

^aThat they may know that You, whose ^bname alone is the Lord,

Are ^cthe Most High over all the earth.