1 Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still. | |
2 O God, do not remain quiet; | |
2 For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,
And those who hate You havea Lit lifted up the headexalted themselves. | |
3 They make shrewd plans against Your people,
Andb Or consultconspire together against Yourc Or hidden onestreasured ones. | |
4 They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them outd Lit fromas a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more.” | |
5 For they havee Or consultedconspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant: | |
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites; | |
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; | |
8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have becomef Lit an arma help to the children of Lot.g Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah. | |
9 Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon, | |
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became as dung for the ground. | |
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, | |
12 Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.” | |
13 O my God, make them like theh Or tumbleweedwhirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind. | |
14 Like fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, | |
15 So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm. | |
16 Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O LORD. | |
17 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish, | |
18 That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD,
Are the Most High over all the earth. | |
