Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
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O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
2 For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
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With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
4 They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
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“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,
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With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
6 Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
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Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Do to them as [to] Midian, As [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the stream Kishon.
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Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
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who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
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who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
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Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 And they know that Thou -- (Thy name [is] Jehovah -- by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth!
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Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
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