Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 God, do not keep silent. Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.
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O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 See how Your enemies make an uproar; those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
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For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They devise clever schemes against Your people; they conspire against Your treasured ones.
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They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation so that Israel's name will no longer be remembered."
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They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more! ”
5 For they have conspired with one mind; they form an alliance against You-
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For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
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Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Even Assyria has joined them; they lend support to the sons of Lot. Selah
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Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, as [You did] with Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
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Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 They were destroyed at En-dor; they became manure for the ground.
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who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their tribal leaders 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 seize God's pastures for ourselves."
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who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God. ”
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.
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O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains,
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As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.
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so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 Cover their faces with shame so that they will seek Your name, Lord.
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Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.
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Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 May they know that You alone- whose name is Yahweh- are the Most High over all the earth.
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that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
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