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, LORD.
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 the LORD,
are the Most High over all the earth.
2 Os teus inimigos agitam-se, os que te aborrecem levantam a cabeça com arrogância.
3 Com astúcia conspiram contra o teu povo, contra os teus protegidos.
4 Venham, dizem, vamos riscar Israel do mapa, de forma a que mais ninguém se lembre da sua existência.
5 Esta foi a decisão unânime que tomaram. E assim todos se aliaram contra ti: os de Edom, e os ismaelitas; os de Moabe e os hagarenos;os povos de Gebal, de Amom, de Amaleque e da Filisteia, e ainda os habitantes de Tiro.
8 Também a Assíria fez aliança com eles, aliou-se com os descendentes de Lot .
9 Faz com eles, Senhor, o que fizeste com os midianitas, ou com Sísera, e com Jabim junto ao rio de Quisom.
10 E como fizeste com os teus inimigos em Endor, cujos corpos vieram a servir de estrume.
15 Da mesma forma, que a tua tempestade os persiga, com vendavais e ciclones.
16 Que sintam em si mesmos toda a vergonha da sua conduta reprovável,e que reconheçam o teu poder e a força do teu nome, Senhor.
17 Que qualquer empreendimento deles seja sempre um fracasso; que sejam abatidos pela vergonha, que sejam, enfim, derrotados.
18 Para que saibam que só tu tens o nome de Senhor, Jeová, tu, que estás acima de tudo e de todos sobre a face da Terra!