[1] O True God, do not be quiet any longer. Do not stay silent or be still, O God. [2] Look now, Your enemies are causing a commotion; those who hate You are rising up! [3] They are conniving against Your people, conspiring against those You cherish. [4] They say, "Join us. Let's wipe the entire nation off the face of the earth so no one will remember Israel's name." [5] They are all in it together, thinking as one, and making a pact against You: [6] The people of Edom and Ishmael; the Moabites and the Hagrites; [7] Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the residents of Tyre. [8] And the powerful Assyrians have joined the alliance to add their strength and support the descendants of Lot: Moab and Ammon. [pause] [9] Do to these nations what You did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the raging waters of Kishon. [10] They were destroyed at En-dor; they became like dung, fertilizer for the ground. [11] Make their rulers like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, [12] Who schemed, "We should own the meadows of the True God, let's take them!" [13] O my God, blow them away like a tumbleweed, scatter them like dust in a whirlwind. [14] As a wildfire charges through the forest or a flame sprints up the mountainside, [15] Send Your raging winds to chase them, hunt them down, and terrify them with Your storm. [16] Redden their faces in shame so that they will turn and seek Your holy name, Eternal One. [17] May they face disappointment and anxiety forever; may they be ashamed and die. [18] May they know that You and You alone, whose name is the Eternal, are the Most High, the Supreme Ruler over all the earth.
