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Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!
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<<A song. A Psalm by Asaf.>> God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.
2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
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For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
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They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4 They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
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"Come," they say, "and let us destroy them as a nation, That the name of Yisra'el may be remembered no more."
5 For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:
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For they have conspired together with one mind. 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 Yishme`elim; Mo'av, and the Hagrim;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Geval, `Ammon, and `Amalek; Peleshet with the inhabitants of Tzor;
8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
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Ashshur also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
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Do to them as you did to Midyan, As to Sisera, as to Yavin, at the river Kishon;
10 Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.
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Who perished at `En-Dor, Who became as dung for the eretz.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Make their nobles like `Orev and Ze'ev; Yes, all their princes like Zevach and Tzalmunnah;
12 Who said, "Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession."
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Who said, "Let us take possession Of God's pasturelands."
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!
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My God, make them like tumbleweed; Like chaff before the wind.
14 As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
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As the fire that burns the forest, As the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
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So pursue them with your tempest, Terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
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Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek your name, LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
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Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.
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That they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, Are Ha`Elyon over all the eretz.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Hebrew Names Version is in the public domain.