Home Master Index
←Prev   Psalms 83 as rendered by/in  Next→ 


83:1  A song. A psalm of Asaph [C a Levitical musician, a descendant of Gershon, at the time of David; 1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 2 Chr. 5:12]. God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.
83:2  Your enemies are ·making noises [in tumult]; those who hate you ·are getting ready to attack [L raise up their head; 2:1].
83:3  They are making secret ·plans [plots] against your people; they plot against those you ·love [cherish; treasure].
83:4  They say, “Come, let’s ·destroy them [wipe them out] as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name ‘Israel.’”
83:5  They ·are united in their plan [L plot with one mind/heart]. These have ·made an agreement [L cut a covenant/treaty] against you:
83:6  the ·families [L tents] of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7  the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and inhabitants of Tyre.
83:8  Even Assyria has joined them to ·help Ammon and Moab, the [L be the arm of the] descendants of Lot [C a list of traditional enemies of Israel]. ·Selah [Interlude]
83:9  God, do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon ·River [Wadi; Judg. 4–5].
83:10  They ·died [were destroyed] at Endor, ·and their bodies rotted [L like dung/manure] on the ground.
83:11  Do to their ·important leaders [princes; nobles] what you did to Oreb and Zeeb [Judg. 7:25]. Do to their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna [Judg. 8:21].
83:12  They said, “Let’s take for ourselves the pasturelands that belong to God.”
83:13  My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff blown ·away by [before] the wind [C rootless and landless; 1:4].
83:14  Be like a fire that burns a forest or like flames that blaze through the ·hills [mountains].
83:15  ·Chase [Pursue] them with your ·storm [tempest], and ·frighten [terrify] them with your ·wind [hurricane].
83:16  ·Cover [L Fill] them with shame. Then people will ·look for you [L seek your name], Lord.
83:17  Make them afraid and ashamed forever. ·Disgrace [Humiliate] them and destroy them.
83:18  Then they will know that ·you are the Lord [L the Lord is your name], that only you are God Most High over all the earth.