[1] God, don’t be silent! Don’t be quiet or sit still, God, [2] because—look!—your enemies are growling; those who hate you are acting arrogantly. [3] They concoct crafty plans against your own people; they plot against the people you favor. [4] “Come on,” they say, “let’s wipe them out as a nation! Let the name Israel be remembered no more!” [5] They plot with a single-minded heart; they make a covenant against you. [6] They are the clans of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, [7] Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia along with the citizens of Tyre. [8] Assyria too has joined them—they are the strong arm for Lot’s children. Selah [9] Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera, and to Jabin at the Kishon River. [10] They were destroyed at Endor; they became fertilizer for the ground. [11] Make their officials like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna— [12] those who said, “Let’s take God’s pastures for ourselves.” [13] My God, make them like tumbleweeds, like chaff blown by wind. [14] Just like a fire consumes a forest, just like flames set mountains ablaze, [15] pursue them with your storm, terrify them with your hurricane. [16] Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they might seek your name. [17] Let them be shamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace. [18] Let them know that you—your name is the LORD!—you alone are Most High over all the earth.
