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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 keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
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Even now your enemies are in tumult; those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
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They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against those you protect.
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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They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more."
5 For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant--
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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 and 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 Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
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Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. (Selah)
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 to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung 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, 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 the pastures of God for our own possession."
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
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O my God, make them like whirling dust, 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, as the 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 hurricane.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.
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Fill their faces with shame, so that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed 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 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 alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
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