[83:1] O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet!
[83:2] Look! Your enemies are in revolt, and those who hate you are rebelling.
[83:3] They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.
[83:4] “Come,” they say, “let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever.”
[83:5] They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you:
[83:6] the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites; the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
[83:7] the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, and of Philistia and Tyre.
[83:8] Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
[83:9] Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
[83:10] You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
[83:11] Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
[83:12] who said, “We will take for our own the land that belongs to God.”
[83:13] Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind.
[83:14] As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire,
[83:15] chase them away with your storm and terrify them with your fierce winds.
[83:16] Cover their faces with shame, O Lord, and make them acknowledge your power.
[83:17] May they be defeated and terrified forever; may they die in complete disgrace.
[83:18] May they know that you alone are the Lord, supreme ruler over all the earth.