The Darby Translation DBY
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1 {A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, 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 behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, 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 say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned 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 For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
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With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the 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 are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of 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 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as 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 all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
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who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
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Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, 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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