O God, Be Not Silent 1 ULT God,{ may} silence not{ be} to you; do not be still, and do not be quiet, God! BSB BSB: A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 ULT For behold, your enemies roar, and the ones hating you lift up{ the} head. BSB BSB: See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 ULT They are cunning{ with} counsel against your people, and they conspire against your treasured ones. BSB BSB: With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 ULT They have said,“Come, and let us destroy them from{ being} a nation, that the name of Israel may not be remembered anymore.” BSB BSB: saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 ULT For they have conspired against you, heart together; they have cut a covenant: BSB BSB: For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
6 ULT the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, BSB BSB: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 ULT Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the dwellers of Tyre. BSB BSB: of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 ULT Also Assyria has 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 ULT Do to them as{ to} Midian, as{ to} Sisera, as{ to} Jabin at the river of Kishon. BSB BSB: Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 ULT They were destroyed at En Dor; they became dung for the ground. BSB BSB: who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 ULT Make them, their nobles, like Oreb and like Zeeb and like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all of their princes, BSB BSB: Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 ULT who said,“Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.” BSB BSB: who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 ULT My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff to the face of the wind. BSB BSB: Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 ULT As fire burns a forest, and as flame kindles mountains, BSB BSB: As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 ULT thus pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your whirlwind. BSB BSB: so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 ULT Fill their faces{ with} shame, that they may seek your name, Yahweh. BSB BSB: Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 ULT May they have shame and be terrified, eternities of eternity, and may they have disgrace and may they perish. BSB BSB: May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 ULT And may they know that you, your name{ is} Yahweh, you alone{ are} the Most High over all of 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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