Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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1 God, don't be silent! Don't be quiet or sit still, God,
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O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
2 because—look!—your enemies are growling; those who hate you are acting arrogantly.
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 They concoct crafty plans against your own people; they plot against the people you favor.
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With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
4 "Come on," they say, "let's wipe them out as a nation! Let the name Israel be remembered no 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 They plot with a single-minded heart; they make a covenant against you.
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With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
6 They are the clans of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia along with the citizens of Tyre.
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Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Assyria too has joined them— they are the strong arm for Lot's children. Selah
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera, and to Jabin at the Kishon River.
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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 become fertilizer for the ground.
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who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their officials like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna—
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 those who said, "Let's take God's pastures for ourselves."
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who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 My God, make them like tumbleweeds, like chaff blown by wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 Just like a fire consumes a forest, just like flames set mountains ablaze,
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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 pursue them with your storm, terrify them with your hurricane.
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they might seek your name.
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Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 Let them be shamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace.
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 Let them know that you— your name is the LORD!— you alone are 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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