Psalms 83 : 1 (NLV)
O God, do not keep quiet. Do not be quiet, O God, and do not hold Your peace.
Psalms 83 : 2 (NLV)
For, look, those who hate You are making much noise. Those who fight against You have honored themselves.
Psalms 83 : 3 (NLV)
They make bad plans against Your people. They plan against those You care for.
Psalms 83 : 4 (NLV)
They say, "Come, let us destroy them as a nation. Let the name of Israel be remembered no longer."
Psalms 83 : 5 (NLV)
For they plan together with one mind. They make an agreement against You:
Psalms 83 : 6 (NLV)
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
Psalms 83 : 7 (NLV)
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with those who live in Tyre;
Psalms 83 : 8 (NLV)
Assyria has joined them also. They help the children of Lot.
Psalms 83 : 9 (NLV)
Do to them as You did to Midian, and to Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon.
Psalms 83 : 10 (NLV)
They were destroyed at Endor. They were spread over the field.
Psalms 83 : 11 (NLV)
Make their respected men like Oreb and Zeeb. Make their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Psalms 83 : 12 (NLV)
who said, "Let us take for ourselves the fields of God."
Psalms 83 : 13 (NLV)
O my God, make them like dust turning in the wind, like parts of the grass that have no worth and are blown away.
Psalms 83 : 14 (NLV)
As the fire that burns up the trees and spreads over the mountains,
Psalms 83 : 15 (NLV)
so go behind them with Your storm. Make them afraid with Your storm.
Psalms 83 : 16 (NLV)
Fill their faces with shame, so they will look to Your name, O Lord.
Psalms 83 : 17 (NLV)
Let them be ashamed and afraid forever. Let them be put to shame and lost.
Psalms 83 : 18 (NLV)
Then they may know that You alone, Whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
❮
❯