1 O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

Keep not silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God.

2 F or behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves.

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

3 T hey make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones.

They 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, That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

They 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 conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant:

For 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, Moab and the Hagrites;

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

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

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

8 A ssyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah.

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

9 D eal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

Do to them as the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,

10 W ho were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground.

Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth.

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

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 W ho said, “ Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God.”

Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind.

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

14 L ike fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,

As fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15 S o pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm.

So pursue and afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado or hurricane.

16 F ill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

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

17 L et them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish,

Let 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 alone, whose name is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.

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