1 K eep not thou silence, O God: 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 hey have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted 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: they are confederate against thee:

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

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

8 A ssur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9 D o unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10 W hich perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

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

12 W ho said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

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

14 A s the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 S o persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

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; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

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