1 O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 F or, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 T hy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

4 T hey have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 F or they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

6 T he tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 G ebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

8 A ssyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

9 D o thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10 W ho perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

11 M ake their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

12 W ho said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

14 A s the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

15 S o pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

16 F ill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

17 L et them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18 T hat they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.