Psalms 83

Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

1 DoPs. 28:1 not keep silent, O God!

Do not hold Your peace,

And do not be still, O God!

2 For behold, Ps. 81:15; Is. 17:12; Acts 4:25Your enemies make a tumult;

And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,

And consulted together (Ps. 27:5)against Your sheltered ones.

4 They have said, "Come, and Esth. 3:6, 9; Jer. 11:19; 31:36let us cut them off from being a nation,

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

5 For they have consulted together with one consent;

They form a confederacy against You:

6 2 Chr. 20:1, 10, 11The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

Moab and the Hagrites;

7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assyria also has joined with them;

They have helped the children of Lot.

Selah

9 Deal with them as withNum. 31:7; Judg. 7:22Midian,

As withJudg. 4:15–24; 5:20, 21Sisera,

As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

10 Who perished at En Dor,

Zeph. 1:17Who became as refuse on the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Judg. 7:25Oreb and like Zeeb,

Yes, all their princes like Judg. 8:12–21Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 Who said, "Let us take for ourselves

The pastures of God for a possession."

13 Is. 17:13O my God, make them like the whirling dust,

Job 21:18; Ps. 35:5; Is. 40:24; Jer. 13:24Like the chaff before the wind!

14 As the fire burns the woods,

And as the flame Ex. 19:18; Deut. 32:22sets the mountains on fire,

15 So pursue them with Your tempest,

And frighten them with Your storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame,

That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever;

Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

18 Ps. 59:13That they may know that You, whose Ex. 6:3name alone is the Lord,

Are(Ps. 92:8)the Most High over all the earth.