Psalm 83
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
1 Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,
O keep not silence now:
Hold not thy peace, O mighty God,
And still no more be thou.
2 For lo! what tumults, in their rage,
Thy enemies have made!
And they that haters are of thee
Have lifted up the head.
3 Against thy chosen people they
Do crafty counsel take;
And they against thy hidden ones
Do consultations make.
4 Come on, we'll cut their nation off,
We'll blot them out, said they;
And thus shall Isr'el's race and name
From mem'ry pass away.
5 With one consent they have conspired,
Against thee they combined;
With Edom's tents, the Ishma'lites,
With Moab, Hagar joined.
6 Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek,
Philistia, those of Tyre,
And Assnr joined with them; to help
Lot's children they conspire.
7 To them as unto Midian do,
Jabin at Kison strand;
And Sis'ra, which at Endor fell,
To fertilize the land.
8 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make
Their noble men to fall;
Like Zeba and Zalmunna make
Their noble princes all:
9 Who said, For our inheritance
Let us God's houses take.
My God, them like a wheel, as chaff
Before the wind, them make.
10 As fire consumes the wood, as flame
Doth mountains set on fire,
O chase and frighten them with storm
And tempest of thine ire.
11 With shame their faces fill, O Lord,
That they may seek thy name.
Let them confounded be, and vexed,
Yea, perish in their shame:
12 That men may know, that thou, whose name
Jehovah is alone,
As God Most High, o'er all the earth,
Art seated on thy throne.
