1 'n Lied. 'n Psalm van Asaf.

2 o God, hou U nie stil nie, swyg nie en rus nie, o God!

3 Want kyk, u vyande maak rumoer, en u haters steek die hoof op.

4 Teen u volk smee hulle listig 'n plan en hou onder mekaar raad teen u verborgenes.

5 Hulle sê: Kom, laat ons hulle vernietig, dat hulle geen volk meer is nie, sodat aan die naam van Israel nie meer gedink word nie.

6 Want hulle het van harte saam raad gehou; teen U sluit hulle 'n verbond:

7 die tente van Edom en die Ismaeliete, Moab en die Hagareners,

8 Gebal en Ammon, en Amalek, Filist,a saam met die inwoners van Tirus.

9 Ook het Assur by hulle aangesluit; hulle is 'n arm vir die kinders van Lot. Sela.

10 Maak met hulle soos met M¡dian, soos met S¡sera, soos met Jabin by die spruit Kison:

11 hulle is verdelg by Endor, hulle het mis geword vir die grond.

12 Maak hulle, hul edeles, soos Oreb en Seëb, en al hulle vorste soos Seba en Salmuna,

13 wat sê: Laat ons die woninge van God vir ons in besit neem!

14 My God, maak hulle soos strooi, soos stoppels voor die wind.

15 Soos vuur wat 'n bos verbrand, en soos die vlam wat berge aan die brand steek --

16 vervolg hulle so met u storm en verskrik hulle met u stormwind.

17 Oordek hulle aangesig met skande, dat hulle u Naam kan soek, o HERE!

18 Laat hulle beskaamd staan en verskrik wees vir ewig, en laat hulle rooi van skaamte word en omkom; [ (Psalms 83:19) sodat hulle kan weet dat U, wie se Naam HERE is, alleen die Allerhoogste is oor die hele aarde. ]

1 O God, keep not thou silence:

Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult;

And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They take crafty counsel against thy people,

And consult together against thy hidden ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;

That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent;

Against thee do they make a covenant:

6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

8 Assyria also is joined with them;

They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah

9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian,

As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10 Who perished at Endor,

Who became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb;

Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession

The habitations of God.

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust;

As stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire that burneth the forest,

And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

15 So pursue them with thy tempest,

And terrify them with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with confusion,

That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever;

Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah,

Art the Most High over all the earth.