O God, Be Not Silent 1 DBY A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not 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 DBY For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head. BSB BSB: See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 DBY They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones: BSB BSB: With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 DBY They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more. BSB BSB: saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 DBY For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee. BSB BSB: For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
6 DBY The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites; BSB BSB: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 DBY Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre; BSB BSB: of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 DBY Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah. BSB BSB: Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
9 DBY Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon: BSB BSB: Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 DBY Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground. BSB BSB: who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 DBY Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna. BSB BSB: Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 DBY For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession. BSB BSB: who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 DBY O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind. BSB BSB: Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 DBY As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire, BSB BSB: As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 DBY So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind. BSB BSB: so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 DBY Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. BSB BSB: Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 DBY Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish: BSB BSB: May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 DBY That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the 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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