| 1. A psalm, a song of Asaph. |
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א. |
| 2. O God, have no silence, do not be silent and do not be still, O God. |
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ב. |
| 3. For behold, Your enemies stir, and those who hate You raise their heads. |
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ג. |
| 4. Against Your people they plot cunningly, and they take counsel against Your protected ones. |
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ד. |
| 5. They said, "Come, let us destroy them from [being] a nation, and the name of Israel will no longer be remembered." |
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ה. |
| 6. For they have taken counsel with one accord; against You they form a pact. |
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ו. |
| 7. The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites. |
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ז. |
| 8. Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre. |
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ח. |
| 9. Also Assyria joined them; they were the arm of the children of Lot forever. |
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ט. |
| 10. Do to them as [to] Midian; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin in the brook Kishon. |
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י. |
| 11. They were destroyed in En-Dor; they were [as] dung on the ground. |
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יא. |
| 12. Make them, their nobles, as Oreb and as Zeeb, and as Zebah and as Zalmuna all their princes, |
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יב. |
| 13. Who said, "Let us inherit for ourselves the dwellings of God." |
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יג. |
| 14. My God, make them like thistles, like stubble before the wind. |
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יד. |
| 15. As a fire that burns in a forest and as a flame that burns mountains. |
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טו. |
| 16. So will You pursue them with Your tempest, and with Your whirlwind You will terrify them. |
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טז. |
| 17. Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek Your countenance, O Lord. |
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יז. |
| 18. Let them be ashamed and terrified forever; let them be disgraced and perish. |
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יח. |
| 19. Let them know that You-Your name alone is the Lord, Most High over all the earth. |
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יט. |