1 A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 F or, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 A gainst Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4 T hey have said, `Come, And we cut them off from a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'

They 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 consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

6 T ents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

the tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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

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

8 A sshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9 D o to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10 T hey were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

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

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

12 W ho have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

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

14 A s a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 S o dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

so persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16 F ill their faces shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.

17 T hey are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18 A nd they know that Thou -- (Thy name Jehovah -- by Thyself,) the Most High over all the earth!

that men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.