1 O God, do not keep quiet. Do not be quiet, O God, and do not hold Your peace.

2 F or, look, those who hate You are making much noise. Those who fight against You have honored themselves.

3 T hey make bad plans against Your people. They plan against those You care for.

4 T hey say, “Come, let us destroy them as a nation. Let the name of Israel be remembered no longer.”

5 F or they plan together with one mind. They make an agreement against You:

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

7 G ebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with those who live in Tyre;

8 A ssyria has joined them also. They help the children of Lot.

9 D o to them as You did to Midian, and to Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon.

10 T hey were destroyed at Endor. They were spread over the field.

11 M ake their respected men like Oreb and Zeeb. Make their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 w ho said, “Let us take for ourselves the fields of God.”

13 O my God, make them like dust turning in the wind, like parts of the grass that have no worth and are blown away.

14 A s the fire that burns up the trees and spreads over the mountains,

15 s o go behind them with Your storm. Make them afraid with Your storm.

16 F ill their faces with shame, so they will look to Your name, O Lord.

17 L et them be ashamed and afraid forever. Let them be put to shame and lost.

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