Psalm 83.A Prayer for the Defeat of Israel’s Enemies.

O God, do not keep silent;
do not be still, do not be quiet!

2 Look! Your enemies are in revolt,
and those who hate you are rebelling.

3 They are making secret plans against your people;
they are plotting against those you protect.

4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy their nation,
so that Israel will be forgotten forever.”

5 They agree on their plan
and form an alliance against you:

6 the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
the people of Moab and the Hagrites;

7 the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
and of Philistia and Tyre.

8 Assyria has also joined them
as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.

9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites,
and to Sisera and Jabin at…