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1 God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.
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O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
2 Your enemies are making noises; those who hate you are getting ready to attack.
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 They are making secret plans against your people; they plot against those you love.
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With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
4 They say, "Come, let's destroy them as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name 'Israel.'"
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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 are united in their plan. These have made an agreement against you:
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With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
6 the families 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 the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and Tyre.
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Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined them to help Ammon and Moab, the descendants of Lot.Selah
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 God, do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and 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 died at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
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who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Do to their important leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 They said, "Let's take for ourselves the pasturelands that belong to God."
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who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff blown away by the wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 Be like a fire that burns a forest or like flames that blaze through the hills.
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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 Chase them with your storm, and frighten them with your wind.
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover them with shame. Then people will look for you, Lord.
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Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 Make them afraid and ashamed forever. Disgrace them and destroy them.
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
18 Then they will know that you are the Lord, that only you are God 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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