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1 O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be 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, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
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With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of 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 For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant--
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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 Hagrites,
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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 has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river 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 En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
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who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles 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 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."
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who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!
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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 your name, O LORD.
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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 dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are 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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