O God, Be Not Silent 1 Brenton A Song of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still, O God. BSB BSB: A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 Brenton For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. BSB BSB: See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 Brenton Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against thy saints. BSB BSB: With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 Brenton They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all. BSB BSB: saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 Brenton For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against thee; BSB BSB: For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
6 Brenton even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes; BSB BSB: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Brenton Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre. BSB BSB: of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 Brenton Yea, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. Pause. BSB BSB: Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
9 Brenton Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison. BSB BSB: Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 Brenton They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the earth. BSB BSB: who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Brenton Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; even all their princes: BSB BSB: Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Brenton who said, Let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance. BSB BSB: who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 Brenton O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind. BSB BSB: Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 Brenton As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains; BSB BSB: As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 Brenton so shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest, and trouble them in thine anger. BSB BSB: so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Brenton Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek thy name, O Lord. BSB BSB: Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Brenton Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; yea, let them be confounded and destroyed. BSB BSB: May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 Brenton And let them know that thy name is Lord; that thou alone art Most High over all the earth. BSB BSB: May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
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