83:1

שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף׃

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

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83:2

אֱלֹהִים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט אֵל׃

O God, keep not Thou silence; Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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83:3

כִּי־הִנֵּה אוֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָיוּן וּמְשַׂנְאֶיךָ נָשְׂאוּ רֹאשׁ׃

For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; And they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

83:4

עַל־עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד וְיִתְיָעֲצוּ עַל־צְפוּנֶיךָ׃

They hold crafty converse against Thy people, And take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

83:5

אָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי וְלֹא־יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד׃

They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

83:6

כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּו עָלֶיךָ בְּרִית יִכְרֹתוּ׃

For they have consulted together with one consent; Against Thee do they make a covenant;

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83:7

אָהֳלֵי אֱדוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִים מוֹאָב וְהַגְרִים׃

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

83:8

גְּבָל וְעַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵק פְּלֶשֶׁת עִם־יֹשְׁבֵי צוֹר׃

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

83:9

גַּם־אַשּׁוּר נִלְוָה עִמָּם הָיוּ זְרוֹעַ לִבְנֵי־לוֹט סֶלָה׃

Assyria also is joined with them; They have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah

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83:10

עֲשֵׂה־לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן כְּסִיסְרָא כְיָבִין בְּנַחַל קִישׁוֹן׃

Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

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83:11

נִשְׁמְדוּ בְעֵין־דֹּאר הָיוּ דֹּמֶן לָאֲדָמָה׃

Who were destroyed at En-dor; They became as dung for the earth.

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83:12

שִׁיתֵמוֹ נְדִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵב וְכִזְאֵב וּכְזֶבַח וּכְצַלְמֻנָּע כָּל־נְסִיכֵמוֹ׃

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

83:13

אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ נִירֲשָׁה לָּנוּ אֵת נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים׃

Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.'

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83:14

אֱ‍לֹהַי שִׁיתֵמוֹ כַגַּלְגַּל כְּקַשׁ לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ׃

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

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83:15

כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַר־יָעַר וּכְלֶהָבָה תְּלַהֵט הָרִים׃

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

83:16

כֵּן תִּרְדְּפֵם בְּסַעֲרֶךָ וּבְסוּפָתְךָ תְבַהֲלֵם׃

So pursue them with Thy tempest, And affright them with Thy storm.

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83:17

מַלֵּא פְנֵיהֶם קָלוֹן וִיבַקְשׁוּ שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה׃

Fill their faces with shame; That they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

83:18

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ עֲדֵי־עַד וְיַחְפְּרוּ וְיֹאבֵדוּ׃

Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; Yea, let them be abashed and perish;

83:19

וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי־אַתָּה שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃

That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, The Most High over all the earth.