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1 O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.
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O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
2 For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves.
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See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured 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 wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more."
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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 conspired together with one mind; Against You 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 Hagrites;
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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 has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah.
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Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
9 Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of 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 were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground.
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who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And 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 possess for ourselves The pastures 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, Like chaff before the wind.
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Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets 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 Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm.
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O LORD .
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Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
17 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish,
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they 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, whose name is the LORD— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
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