83 A song by Asaf.

83 God, don’t be silent.

≈Don’t ignore us and remain unmoved, God.

2 Look, your enemies are making a commotion,

≈and those who hate you starting to cause trouble.

3 They conspire against your people,

≈and plan together against your protected ones.

4 They’ve said, “Come, and let’s destroy them as a nation,

→then the name of Yisrael will soon be forgotten.”

5 They schemed together with a unified strategy.

≈they made an alliance against you—

6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

≈of Moab and the Hagrites,

7 Gebal, Ammon, Amalek,

and also Philistia and the inhabitants of Tsor.

8 Assyria also has joined with them.

They have become an arm for the descendants of Lot. (Instrumental break.)

9 Do to them as you did to Midyan,[ref]

as you did to Sisera and to Yabin at the Kishon River.[ref]

10 They perished at Eyndor

→and became like dung on the ground.

11 Make their nobles like Orev and Zeev,

and all their princes like Zevah and Tsalmunna.

12 They said, “Let’s take God’s pastures for ourselves.”

13 My God, make them like the whirling dust.

≈Make them like chaff blown around by the wind,

14 like the fire that burns a forest,

≈or like a flame that sets mountains on fire.

15 Chase them with your strong wind,

≈and terrify them with your windstorm.

16 Cause them to be very ashamed

so that they might want to find out more about you, Yahweh.

17 May they be put to shame and be terrified forever.

May they perish in disgrace.

18 Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh,

are to be honoured as the highest one over all the earth.