O God, Be Not Silent

A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹ O God, be not silent; be not speechless;

be not still,^* O God.

² See how Your enemies rage,

how Your foes have reared their heads.

³ With cunning they scheme against Your people

and conspire against those You cherish,

⁴ saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation;

may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

⁵ For with one mind they plot together;

they form an alliance against You—

⁶ the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

of Moab and the Hagrites,

⁷ of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,

of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

⁸ Even Assyria has joined them,

lending strength to the sons of Lot.

Selah

⁹ Do to them as You did to Midian,

as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

¹⁰ who perished at Endor

and became like dung on the ground.

¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹² who said, “Let us possess for ourselves

the pastures of God.”

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,

like chaff before the wind.

¹⁴ As fire consumes a forest,

as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

¹⁵ so pursue them with Your tempest,

and terrify them with Your storm.

¹⁶ Cover their faces with shame,

that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷ May they be ever ashamed and terrified;

may they perish in disgrace.

¹⁸ May they know that You alone,

whose name is the LORD,

are Most High over all the earth.