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1 God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.
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O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 Your enemies are making noises; those who hate you are getting ready to attack.
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For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They are making secret plans against your people; they plot against those you love.
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They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
4 They say, "Come, let's destroy them as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name 'Israel.'"
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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 They are united in their plan. These have made an agreement against you:
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For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant—
6 the families 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 the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and Tyre.
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Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Even Assyria has joined them to help Ammon and Moab, the descendants of Lot.Selah
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Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 God, do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to 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 died at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
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who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
11 Do to their important leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 They said, "Let's take for ourselves the pasturelands that belong to God."
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who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God. ”
13 My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff blown away by the wind.
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O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
14 Be like a fire that burns a forest or like flames that blaze through the hills.
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As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 Chase them with your storm, and frighten them with your wind.
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so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 Cover them with shame. Then people will look for you, Lord.
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Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Make them afraid and ashamed forever. Disgrace them and destroy them.
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Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 Then they will know that you are the Lord, that only you are God 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.