A Song or Psalm
of Asaph
. Keep not thou silence
, O God
: hold not thy peace
, and be not still
, O God
.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult
: and they that hate
thee have lifted up
the head
.
They have taken crafty counsel
against thy people
, and consulted
against thy hidden ones
.
They have said, Come
, and let us cut them off
from being a nation
; that the name
of Israel
may be no more in remembrance
.
For they have consulted together
with one consent
: they are
confederate
against thee:
The tabernacles of Edom
, and the Ishmaelites
; of Moab
, and the Hagarenes
;
Gebal, and Ammon
, and Amalek
; the Philistines
with the inhabitants
of Tyre
;
Assur also is joined
with them: they have holpen
the children
of Lot
. Selah
.
Do unto them as unto the Midianites
; as to Sisera
, as to Jabin
, at the brook
of Kison
:
Which perished at Endor
: they became as dung
for the earth
.
Make their nobles
like Oreb
, and like Zeeb
: yea, all their princes
as Zebah
, and as Zalmunna
:
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses
of God
in possession
.
O my God, make
them like a wheel
; as the stubble
before
the wind
.
As the fire burneth
a wood
, and as the flame
setteth
the mountains
on fire
;
So persecute them with thy tempest
, and make them afraid
with thy storm
.
Fill their faces
with shame
; that they may seek
thy name
, O LORD
.
Let them be confounded and troubled
for ever
; yea, let them be put to shame
, and perish
:
That men may know that thou, whose name
alone is JEHOVAH
, art the most high
over all the earth
.