1 God, don’t keep silent.
Don’t keep silent,
and don’t be still, God.
2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up.
Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 They conspire with cunning against your people.
They plot against your cherished ones.
4 "Come," they say, "let’s destroy them as a nation,
that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 For they have conspired together with one mind.
They form an alliance against you.
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab, and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, 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 to them as you did to 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,
yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, "Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands."
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed,
like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire that burns the forest,
as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 so pursue them with your tempest,
and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with confusion,
that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever.
Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh,
are the Most High over all the earth.
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. ]