[1] Keep not silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God. [2] For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads. [3] They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones. [4] They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more. [5] For they have consulted together with one accord and one heart; against You they make a covenant- [6] The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, [7] 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 [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm to them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [9] Do to them as [You did to] the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon, [10] Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth. [11] Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna, [12] Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God. [13] O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble or chaff before the wind! [14] As fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, [15] So pursue and afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado or hurricane. [16] Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, and insistently require Your name, O Lord. [17] Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, 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.
