1 D o not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!

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

2 F or behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

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

3 T hey have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

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

4 T hey have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may 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 consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:

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, 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 helped 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, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

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

10 W ho perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.

who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

11 M ake their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, 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 take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession.”

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

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

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

14 A s the fire burns the woods, And as the flame 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 frighten them with Your storm.

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

16 F ill their faces with shame, 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 confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

18 T hat they may know that You, whose name alone 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.