Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet!
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God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.
2 Look! Your enemies are in revolt, and those who hate you are rebelling.
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For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.
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They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4 "Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever."
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"Come," they say, "and let us destroy them as a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you:
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For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6 the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites; the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
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The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7 the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, and of Philistia and Tyre.
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Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
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Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
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Do to them as you did to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10 You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
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Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
11 Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
12 who said, "We will take for our own the land that belongs to God."
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Who said, "Let us take possession Of God's pasturelands."
13 Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind.
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My God, make them like tumbleweed; Like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire,
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As the fire that burns the forest, As the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 chase them away with your storm and terrify them with your fierce winds.
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So pursue them with your tempest, Terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, O Lord, and make them acknowledge your power.
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Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek your name, Yahweh.
17 May they be defeated and terrified forever; may they die in complete disgrace.
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Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 May they know that you alone are the Lord, supreme ruler over all the earth.
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That they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, Are the Most High over all the earth.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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