[1] O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet! [2] Look! Your enemies are in revolt, and those who hate you are rebelling. [3] They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect. [4] "Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever." [5] They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you: [6] the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites; the people of Moab and the Hagrites; [7] the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, and of Philistia and Tyre. [8] Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot. [9] Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. [10] You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground. [11] Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna, [12] who said, "We will take for our own the land that belongs to God." [13] Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind. [14] As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire, [15] chase them away with your storm and terrify them with your fierce winds. [16] Cover their faces with shame, O LORD, and make them acknowledge your power. [17] May they be defeated and terrified forever; may they die in complete disgrace. [18] May they know that you alone are the LORD, supreme ruler over all the earth.
