1 Ó Deus, não te cales;
não te emudeças, nem fiques inativo, ó Deus!
2 Os teus inimigos se alvoroçam,
e os que te odeiam levantam a cabeça.
3 Tramam astutamente contra o teu povo
e conspiram contra os teus protegidos.
4 Dizem: Vinde, risquemo-los de entre as nações;
e não haja mais memória do nome de Israel.
5 Pois tramam concordemente
e firmam aliança contra ti
6 as tendas de Edom e os ismaelitas,
Moabe e os hagarenos,
7 Gebal, Amom e Amaleque,
a Filístia como os habitantes de Tiro;
8 também a Assíria se alia com eles,
e se constituem braço forte aos filhos de Ló.
9 Faze-lhes como fizeste a Midiã,
como a Sísera, como a Jabim na ribeira de Quisom;
10 os quais pereceram em En-Dor;
tornaram-se adubo para a terra.
11 Sejam os seus nobres como Orebe e como Zeebe,
e os seus príncipes, como Zeba e como Zalmuna,
12 que disseram: Apoderemo-nos
das habitações de Deus.
13 Deus meu, faze-os como folhas impelidas por um remoinho,
como a palha ao léu do vento.
14 Como o fogo devora um bosque
e a chama abrasa os montes,
15 assim, persegue-os com a tua tempestade
e amedronta-os com o teu vendaval.
16 Enche-lhes o rosto de ignomínia,
para que busquem o teu nome, Senhor.
17 Sejam envergonhados e confundidos perpetuamente;
perturbem-se e pereçam.
18 E reconhecerão que só tu,
cujo nome é Senhor,
és o Altíssimo sobre toda a terra.
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.
1 O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
4 "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel's name is remembered no more."
5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you —
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot's descendants. [^1]
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, "Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God."
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD — that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.