[1] God, do not keep quiet. God, do not be silent or still. [2] Your enemies are making plans. Those who hate you are getting ready to attack. [3] They are making plans against your people. They plan to hurt those you love. [4] They say, "Come, let's destroy them as a nation. Then no one will remember the name 'Israel' anymore." [5] They are united in their plan. These have made an agreement against you: [6] the families of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, [7] the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and Tyre. [8] Even Assyria has joined them to help Ammon and Moab, the descendants of Lot. Selah [9] God, do to them what you did to Midian. Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. [10] They died at Endor. Their bodies rotted on the ground. [11] Do to their important leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna. [12] They said, "Let's take for ourselves the pasturelands that belong to God." [13] My God, make them like the tumbleweed, like chaff blown away by the wind. [14] Be like a fire that burns a forest or like flames that blaze through the hills. [15] Chase them with your storm. Frighten them with your wind. [16] Cover them with shame. Then people will look for you, Lord. [17] Make them afraid and ashamed forever. Disgrace them and destroy them. [18] Then they will know that you are the Lord. They will know that only you are God Most High over all the earth.
