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83:1  A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
83:2  See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
83:3  With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
83:4  ‘Come,’ they say, ‘let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.’
83:5  With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you –
83:6  the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7  Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
83:8  Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
83:9  Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
83:10  who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
83:11  Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12  who said, ‘Let us take possession of the pasture-lands of God.’
83:13  Make them like tumble-weed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
83:14  As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
83:15  so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
83:16  Cover their faces with shame, Lord, so that they will seek your name.
83:17  May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
83:18  Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord – that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.