O God, Be Not Silent 1 UEB God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God. BSB BSB: A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 UEB Look, your enemies are making a commotion, and those who hate you have raised their heads. BSB BSB: See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 UEB They conspire against your people and plan together against your protected ones. BSB BSB: With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 UEB They have said, "Come, and let us destroy them as a nation. Then the name of Israel will no longer be remembered." BSB BSB: saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 UEB They have schemed together with one strategy; against you they have made an alliance. BSB BSB: For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
6 UEB This includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, and the people of Moab and the Hagrites, who plot together with BSB BSB: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 UEB Gebal, Ammon, Amalek; it also includes Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. BSB BSB: of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 UEB Assyria also is allied with them; they are helping the descendants of Lot. Selah BSB BSB: Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
9 UEB Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and to Jabin at the Kishon River. BSB BSB: Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 UEB They perished at Endor and became like manure for the earth. BSB BSB: who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 UEB Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna. BSB BSB: Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 UEB They said, "Let us take for ourselves the pastures of God." BSB BSB: who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 UEB My God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind, BSB BSB: Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 UEB like the fire that burns the forest, and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire. BSB BSB: As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 UEB Chase them with your strong wind, and terrify them with your windstorm. BSB BSB: so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 UEB Fill their faces with shame so that they might seek your name, Yahweh. BSB BSB: Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 UEB May they be put to shame and be terrified forever; may they perish in disgrace. BSB BSB: May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 UEB Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, are 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.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.