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1 O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
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God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.
2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
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Your enemies are making noises; those who hate you are getting ready to attack.
3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
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They are making secret plans against your people; they plot against those you love.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
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They say, "Come, let's destroy them as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name 'Israel.'"
5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
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They are united in their plan. These have made an agreement against you:
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
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the families of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
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the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
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Even Assyria has joined them to help Ammon and Moab, the descendants of Lot.Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
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God, do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
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They died at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Do to their important leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.
12 who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
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They said, "Let's take for ourselves the pasturelands that belong to God."
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
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My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff blown away by the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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Be like a fire that burns a forest or like flames that blaze through the hills.
15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
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Chase them with your storm, and frighten them with your wind.
16 Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
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Cover them with shame. Then people will look for you, Lord.
17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
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Make them afraid and ashamed forever. Disgrace them and destroy them.
18 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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Then they will know that you are the Lord, that only you are God Most High over all the earth.