New King James Version NKJV
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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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Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
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For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
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They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden 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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They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:
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For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;
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The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
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Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen 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 unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.
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Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
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 Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, "Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession."
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Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!
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O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble 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 burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
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So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
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Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O 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 confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, 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 men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
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