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

¶ Do not keep silence, O God; do not hold thy peace, and do not be still, O God.

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

For, behold, thine enemies make a tumult, and those that hate thee have lifted up their head.

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

They have taken prudent counsel in secret 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 people 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,

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

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

The tents 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; Philistia 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 are an arm unto the sons 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!

who 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 them and their captains like Oreb and like Zeeb; all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna:

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

Who have said, Let us inherit for ourselves the habitations of God.

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

O my God, make them like a whirlwind, 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 burns a wood and as the flame sets 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 whirlwind.

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; 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 they may know that thou, whose name alone is LORD, art the most high over all the earth.