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1 O God, keep not thou 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, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together 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 let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
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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 consent; Against thee do 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 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 the inhabitants of Tyre:
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Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to 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 perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
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who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, 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 to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
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who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that 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 storm.
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with confusion, 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 dismayed for ever; Yea, 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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