Psalms 83

shir mizmor le'asaf

A song, a psalm of Asaph.

elohim al-domi-lakh al-tekherash ve'al-tishqot el

O God, do not be silent; do not hold aloof; do not be quiet, O God!

ki-hinneh oyevekha yehemayun umesanekha nase'u rosh

For Your enemies rage, Your foes assert themselves.

al-ammekha ya'arimu sod veyitya'atsu al-tsefunekha

They plot craftily against Your people, take counsel against Your treasured ones.

ameru lekhu venakhkhidem miggoy velo-yizzakher shem-yisra'el od

They say, “Let us wipe them out as a nation; Israel’s name will be mentioned no more.”

ki no'atsu lev yakhdav alekha berit yikhrotu

Unanimous in their counsel they have made an alliance against You—

ohole edom veyishme'elim mo'av vehagrim

the clans of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

geval ve'ammon va'amaleq peleshet im-yosheve tsor

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

gam-ashur nilvah immam hayu-zeroa livne-lot selah

Assyria too joins forces with them; they give support to the descendants of Lot. Selah.

aseh-lahem kemidyan kesisera kheyavin benakhal qishon

Deal with them as You did with Midian, with Sisera, with Jabin, at the brook Kishon—

nishmedu ve'en-dor hayu domen la'adamah

who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the field.

shitemo nedivemo ke'orev vekhizev ukhezevakh ukhetsalmunna kol-nesikhemo

Treat their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

asher ameru nireshah lanu et ne'ot elohim

who said, “Let us take the meadows of God as our possession.”

elohay shitemo khaggalgal keqash lifne-ruakh

O my God, make them like thistledown, like stubble driven by the wind.

ke'esh tivar-ya'ar ukhelehavah telahet harim

As a fire burns a forest, as flames scorch the hills,

ken tirdefem besa'arekha uvesufatekha tevahalem

pursue them with Your tempest, terrify them with Your storm.

malle fenehem qalon vivaqshu shimkha Adonai

Cover their faces with shame so that they seek Your name, O ETERNAL One.

yevoshu veyibbahalu ade-ad veyakhperu veyovedu

May they be frustrated and terrified, disgraced and doomed forever.

veyede'u ki-attah shimkha Adonai levaddekha elyon al-kol-ha'arets

May they know that Your name, Yours alone, is GOD, supreme over all the earth.