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O God, do not keep silence;
1do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
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For behold, your enemies
2make an uproar; those who hate you have
3raised their heads.
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They lay
4crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your
5treasured ones.
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They say, "Come,
6let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
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For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant--
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the tents of
7Edom and
8the Ishmaelites,
9Moab and
10the Hagrites,
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11Gebal and
12Ammon and
13Amalek,
14Philistia with the inhabitants of
15Tyre;
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16Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of
17the children of Lot. Selah
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Do to them as you did to
18Midian, as to
19Sisera and Jabin at
20the river Kishon,
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who were destroyed at
21En-dor, who became
22dung for the ground.
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Make their nobles like
23Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like
24Zebah and Zalmunna,
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who said,
25"Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."
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O my God, make them like
26whirling dust, like
27chaff before the wind.
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As
28fire consumes the forest, as the flame
29sets the mountains ablaze,
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so may you pursue them
30with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!
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31Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.
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Let them be
32put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,
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that they may
33know that you alone,
34whose name is the LORD, are
35the Most High over all the earth.