A Prayer for the Defeat of Israel’s EnemiesHEBREW TITLE: A psalm by Asaph; a song.
1 O God, do not keep silent;
do not be still, do not be quiet!
2 Look! Your enemies are in revolt,
and those who hate you are rebelling.
3 They are making secret plans against your people;
they are plotting against those you protect.
4 "Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation,
so that Israel will be forgotten forever."
5 They agree on their plan
and form an alliance against you:
6 the people of Edomand the Ishmaelites;
the people of Moaband the Hagrites;
7 the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
and of Philistiaand Tyre.
8 Assyriahas also joined them
as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9 Jg 7.1-23;Jg 4.6-22Do to them what you did to the Midianites,
and to Siseraand Jabinat the Kishon River.
10 You defeated them at Endor,
and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Jg 7.25;Jg 8.12Do to their leaders what you did to Oreband Zeeb;
defeat all their rulers as you did Zebahand Zalmunna,
12 who said, "We will take for our own
the land that belongs to God."
13 Scatter them like dust, O God,
like straw blown away by the wind.
14 As fire burns the forest,
as flames set the hills on fire,
15 chase them away with your storm
and terrify them with your fierce winds.
16 Cover their faces with shame, O Lord,
and make them acknowledge your power.
17 May they be defeated and terrified forever;
may they die in complete disgrace.
18 May they know that you alone are the Lord,
supreme ruler over all the earth.
Lugar Bíblico
Região / Território
Edom
Hoje: Southern Jordan (Seir / Petra)
אֱדוֹםedom
Edom is the land of Seir, where Jacob’s brother Esau lived. The king of Edom refused Israel passage through his land, and Edom rebelled against Judah (2 Kings 8:22).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Amalek is the land of the Amalekites, who attacked Israel at Rephidim and were defeated by Joshua with the sword. They lived in the Negeb (Exodus 17:13).
Philistia is the land of the Philistines, where Gath was located. The Lord says that Philistia acted in vengeance and, with ancient hostility, sought to destroy Judah (Ezekiel 25:15).
Tyre is a fortified city, surrounded by the sea, whose king Hiram supplied cedar and gold to Solomon. Fire on its walls was proclaimed, and Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon (1 Kings 9:11).
Lot, Abraham’s nephew, went to live in Sodom and escaped the city’s destruction with his two daughters; his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:29).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Sisera was the commander of the army of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. He gathered nine hundred chariots of iron to the river Kishon and was killed by a woman with a tent peg (Judges 5:26).
The Kishon is a river to which Sisera, commander of Jabin’s army, summoned his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and his troops, and where Elijah slaughtered the prophets of Baal (Judges 4:13).
En-dor was the city where there was a medium Saul wanted to consult when the Lord did not answer him. Manasseh had En-dor and its settlements in Issachar and Asher (1 Samuel 28:7).