The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
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O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet!
2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
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Look! Your enemies are in revolt, and those who hate you are rebelling.
3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
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They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.
4 They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
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"Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever."
5 For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:
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They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;
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the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites; the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;
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the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, and of Philistia and Tyre.
8 Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)
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Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:
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Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.
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You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
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Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
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who said, "We will take for our own the land that belongs to God."
13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
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Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind.
14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,
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As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire,
15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
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chase them away with your storm and terrify them with your fierce winds.
16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.
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Cover their faces with shame, O Lord, and make them acknowledge your power.
17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
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May they be defeated and terrified forever; may they die in complete disgrace.
18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
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May they know that you alone are the Lord, supreme ruler over all the earth.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.