O God, do not keep silent;
be not quiet , O God, be not still.
See how your enemies are astir,
how your foes rear their heads.
With cunning they conspire against your people;
they plot against those you cherish.
"Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation,
that the name of Israel be remembered no more."
With one mind they plot together;
they form an alliance against you –
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the descendants of Hagar,
Gebal, Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
Even Assyria has joined them
to lend strength to the descendants of Lot.
Do to them as you did to Midian,
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
who perished at Endor,
and became like refuse on the ground.
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmuuna,
who said, "Let us take possession
of the pasturelands of God."
Make them like the tumbleweed, O my God,
like chaff before the wind.
As fire consumes the forest
or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with storm.
Cover their faces with shame
so that men will seek your name, O Lord.
May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
may they perish in disgrace.
Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord –
that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 83 (NIV)
