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

God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

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

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

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

They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished 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.”

“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5 F or they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant:

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

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

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

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

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia 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 is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

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

Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

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

who perished at Endor, who became as dung 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 like Zebah and Zalmunna;

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

who said, “Let us take possession of God’s pasture lands.”

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

My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

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

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

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

so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

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

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

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

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded 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 alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.