1 ¶ Do not keep silence, O God; do not hold thy peace, and do not be still, O God.

2 F or, behold, thine enemies make a tumult, and those that hate thee have lifted up their head.

3 T hey have taken prudent counsel in secret against thy people and consulted against thy hidden ones.

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

5 T herefore they have consulted together with one consent; they are confederate against thee:

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

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

8 A ssur also is joined with them: they are an arm unto the sons of Lot. Selah.

9 ¶ Do unto them as unto the Midianites, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison,

10 w ho perished at Endor; they became as dung for the earth.

11 M ake them and their captains like Oreb and like Zeeb; all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna:

12 W ho have said, Let us inherit for ourselves the habitations of God.

13 O my God, make them like a whirlwind, as the stubble before the wind.

14 A s the fire burns a wood and as the flame sets the mountains on fire

15 s o persecute them with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy whirlwind.

16 F ill their faces with shame that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17 L et them be confounded and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and perish

18 T hat they may know that thou, whose name alone is LORD, art the most high over all the earth.