1 K eep not silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God.

2 F or, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads.

3 T hey lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones.

4 T hey have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more.

5 F or they have consulted together with one accord and one heart; against You they make a covenant—

6 T he tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

7 G ebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

8 A ssyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot and have been an arm to them. Selah!

9 D o to them as the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,

10 W ho perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth.

11 M ake their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 W ho say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.

13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble or chaff before the wind!

14 A s fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15 S o pursue and afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado or hurricane.

16 F ill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, and insistently require Your name, O Lord.

17 L et them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

18 T hat they may know that You, Whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.