RSV Psalms 83 Chapter
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A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence;do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!
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For lo, thy enemies are in tumult;those who hate thee have raised their heads.
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They lay crafty plans against thy people;they consult together against thy protected ones.
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They say, 'Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;let the name of Israel be remembered no more!'
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Yea, they conspire with one accord;against thee they make a covenant --
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the tents of Edom and the Ish'maelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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Gebal and Ammon and Am'alek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Assyria also has joined them;they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah]
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Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon,
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who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmun'na,
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who said, 'Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.'
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O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
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As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!
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Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
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Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever;let them perish in disgrace.
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Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth.