A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

1 Keep not thou silence, O God: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, And consulted against thy hidden ones.

4 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.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: They are confederate against thee:

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; Of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; The Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assur also is joined with them: They have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10 Which perished at Endor: They became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: Yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves The houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; As the stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire burneth a wood, And as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, And make them afraid with thy storm.

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

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, Art the Most High over all the earth.