Psalm 83Psalms83

King James VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. O God, Be Not Silent

2. 1KJVA Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.BSBBSB: A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
3. 2KJVFor, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.BSBBSB: See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
4. 3KJVThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.BSBBSB: With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
5. 4KJVThey have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.BSBBSB: saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
6. 5KJVFor they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:BSBBSB: For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
7. 6KJVThe tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;BSBBSB: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
8. 7KJVGebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;BSBBSB: of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
9. 8KJVAssur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.BSBBSB: Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
10. 9KJVDo unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:BSBBSB: Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
11. 10KJVWhich perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.BSBBSB: who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
12. 11KJVMake their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:BSBBSB: Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
13. 12KJVWho said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.BSBBSB: who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
14. 13KJVO my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.BSBBSB: Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
15. 14KJVAs the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;BSBBSB: As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
16. 15KJVSo persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.BSBBSB: so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
17. 16KJVFill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.BSBBSB: Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
18. 17KJVLet them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:BSBBSB: May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
19. 18KJVThat men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.BSBBSB: May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.