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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
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A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
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For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
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Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
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 have said, `Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
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For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
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Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
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Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
8 Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
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Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons 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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Do to them as [to] Midian, As [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the stream Kishon.
10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
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They were destroyed at Endor, They were 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 as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
12 who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
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Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like chaff before the wind.
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O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
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So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
16 Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.
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Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
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They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.
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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And they know that Thou -- (Thy name [is] Jehovah -- by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth!
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