PSALM 83 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE

1 Be not thou silent @3now at length@1,
O God hold not thy peace,
Sit not thou still O God of @3strength,
We cry and do not cease@1.
2 For lo thy @3furious@1 foes @3now@1 swell
And storm outrageously,
And they that hate thee @3proud and fell@1
Exalt their heads full high.
3 Against thy people they contrive
Their plots and counsels deep;
Them to ensnare they chiefly strive
Whom thou dost hide and keep.
4 Come let us cut them off say they,
Till they no nation be,
That Israel's name for ever may
Be lost in memory.
5 For they consult with all their might,
And all as one in mind
Themselves against thee they unite
And in firm union bind.
6 The tents of Edom, and the brood
Of @3scornful@1 Ishmael,
Moab, with them of Hagar's blood
@3That in the desert dwell@1,
7 Gebal and Ammon @3there conspire@1,
And @3hateful@1 Amalek,
The Philistines, and they of Tyre
@3Whose bounds the sea doth check@1.
8 With them @3great@1 Ashur also bands
@3And doth confirm the knot;
All these have lent their armed hands@1
To aid the sons of Lot.
9 Do to them as to Midian @3bold
That wasted all the coast@1,
To Sisera, and as @3is told
Thou didst@1 to Jabin's @3host,
When@1 at the brook of Kishon @3old
They were repulsed and slain@1,
10 At Endor quite cut off, and rolled
As dung upon the plain.
11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped
So let their princes speed;
As Zeba, and Zalmunna @3bled@1
So let their princes @3bleed@1.
12 @3For they amidst their pride@1 have said
By right now shall we seize
God's houses, and @3will now invade@1
Their stately palaces
13 My God, O make them as a wheel,
@3No quiet let them find@1,
Giddy and @3restless@1 let @3them reel@1
Like stubble from the wind.
14 As @3when@1 an @3aged@1 wood takes fire
@3Which on a sudden strays@1,
The @3greedy@1 flame runs higher and higher
Till all the mountains blaze;
15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue,
And with thy tempest chase;
16 And till they yield thee honour due,
Lord fill with shame their face.
17 Ashamed and troubled let them be,
Troubled and shamed for ever,
Ever confounded, and so die
With shame, @3and 'scape it never@1.
18 Then shall they know that thou whose name
Jehovah is alone,
Art the most high, @3and thou the same@1
O'er all the earth @3art one@1.

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