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1. God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.
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1. A Song H7892 or Psalm H4210 of Asaph H623 . Keep not thou silence H408 H1824 , O God H430 : hold not thy peace H2790 H408 , and be not H408 still H8252 , O God H410 .
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2. Your enemies are making noises; those who hate you are getting ready to attack.
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2. For H3588 , lo H2009 , thine enemies H341 make a tumult H1993 : and they that hate H8130 thee have lifted up H5375 the head H7218 .
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3. They are making secret plans against your people; they plot against those you love.
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3. They have taken crafty H6191 counsel H5475 against H5921 thy people H5971 , and consulted H3289 against H5921 thy hidden ones H6845 .
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4. They say, "Come, let's destroy them as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name 'Israel.'"
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4. They have said H559 , Come H1980 , and let us cut them off H3582 from being a nation H4480 H1471 ; that the name H8034 of Israel H3478 may be no H3808 more H5750 in remembrance H2142 .
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5. They are united in their plan. These have made an agreement against you:
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5. For H3588 they have consulted together H3289 with one consent H3820 H3162 : they are confederate H1285 H3772 against H5921 thee:
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6. the families of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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6. The tabernacles H168 of Edom H123 , and the Ishmaelites H3459 ; of Moab H4124 , and the Hagarenes H1905 ;
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7. the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and Tyre.
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7. Gebal H1381 , and Ammon H5983 , and Amalek H6002 ; the Philistines H6429 with H5973 the inhabitants H3427 of Tyre H6865 ;
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8. Even Assyria has joined them to help Ammon and Moab, the descendants of Lot.Selah
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8. Assur H804 also H1571 is joined H3867 with H5973 them : they have H1961 helped H2220 the children H1121 of Lot H3876 . Selah H5542 .
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9. God, do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
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9. Do H6213 unto them as unto the Midianites H4080 ; as to Sisera H5516 , as to Jabin H2985 , at the brook H5158 of Kison H7028 :
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10. They died at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
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10. Which perished H8045 at Endor H5874 : they became H1961 as dung H1828 for the earth H127 .
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11. Do to their important leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.
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11. Make H7896 their nobles H5081 like Oreb H6159 , and like Zeeb H2062 : yea, all H3605 their princes H5257 as Zebah H2078 , and as Zalmunna H6759 :
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12. They said, "Let's take for ourselves the pasturelands that belong to God."
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12. Who H834 said H559 , Let us take H3423 to ourselves H853 the houses H4999 of God H430 in possession.
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13. My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff blown away by the wind.
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13. O my God H430 , make H7896 them like a wheel H1534 ; as the stubble H7179 before H6440 the wind H7307 .
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14. Be like a fire that burns a forest or like flames that blaze through the hills.
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14. As the fire H784 burneth H1197 a wood H3293 , and as the flame H3852 setteth the mountains on fire H2022 H3857 ;
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15. Chase them with your storm, and frighten them with your wind.
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15. So H3651 persecute H7291 them with thy tempest H5591 , and make them afraid H926 with thy storm H5492 .
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16. Cover them with shame. Then people will look for you, Lord.
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16. Fill H4390 their faces H6440 with shame H7036 ; that they may seek H1245 thy name H8034 , O LORD H3068 .
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17. Make them afraid and ashamed forever. Disgrace them and destroy them.
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17. Let them be confounded H954 and troubled H926 forever H5704 H5703 ; yea , let them be put to shame H2659 , and perish H6 :
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18. Then they will know that you are the Lord, that only you are God Most High over all the earth.
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18. That men may know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 , whose name H8034 alone H905 is JEHOVAH H3068 , art the most high H5945 over H5921 all H3605 the earth H776 .
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