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

O God, keep not thou silence: 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.

Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together 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; Against thee do they make a covenant:

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

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

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

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

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

Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

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

Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

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

Who perished at Endor, Who 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 Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

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

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

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

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

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

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

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

So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

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

Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

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

Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

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

That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.