1A song, a psalm by Asaph.
2O God, do not be silent; do not be quiet and do not be still, O God.
3For behold, Your enemies are in uproar, and those who hate You have raised their head.
4They plot deviously against Your nation, and conspire against those sheltered by You.
5They say, "Come, let us sever them from nationhood, and the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
6For they conspire with a unanimous heart, they made a covenant against You-
7 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
8Geval and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
9Assyria, too, joined with them, and became the strength of the sons of Lot, Selah.
10Do to them as to Midian; as to Sisera and Yavin at the brook of Kishon,
11who were destroyed at Ein Dor, and were as dung for the earth.
12Make their nobles like Orev and Ze'ev, all their princes like Zevach and Tzalmuna,1
13who said, "Let us inherit the dwellings of God for ourselves.”
14My God, make them like whirling chaff, like straw before the wind.
15As a fire consumes the forest, and a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
16so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.
17Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek Your Name, O Lord.
18Let them be shamed and terrified forever; let them be disgraced and perish.
19And they will know that You, Whose Name is the Lord, are alone, Most High over all the earth.