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.
