[1] God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still. [2] Your enemies are making noises; those who hate you are getting ready to attack. [3] They are making secret plans against your people; they plot against those you love. [4] They say, "Come, let's destroy them as a nation. Then no one will ever remember the name 'Israel.'" [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, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. [10] They died at Endor, and 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 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, and 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, that only you are God Most High over all the earth.
