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Good News Translation GNT
1 A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!
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O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet!
2 For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads.
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Look! Your enemies are in revolt, and those who hate you are rebelling.
3 They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.
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They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.
4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
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"Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever."
5 Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant--
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They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you:
6 the tents of Edom and the Ish'maelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites; the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal and Ammon and Am'alek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, and of Philistia and Tyre.
8 Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah]
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Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9 Do to them as thou didst to Mid'ian, as to Sis'era and Jabin at the river Kishon,
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Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
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You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmun'na,
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Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."
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who said, "We will take for our own the land that belongs to God."
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
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Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire,
15 so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!
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chase them away with your storm and terrify them with your fierce winds.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
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Cover their faces with shame, O Lord, and make them acknowledge your power.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace.
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May they be defeated and terrified forever; may they die in complete disgrace.
18 Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth.
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May they know that you alone are the Lord, supreme ruler over all the earth.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.