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[Song Psalm Of Asaph] God, do not remain silent, do not stay quiet or unmoved, God!
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See how your enemies are in uproar, how those who hate you are rearing their heads.
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They are laying plans against your people, conspiring against those you cherish;
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they say, 'Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, the name of Israel shall be remembered no more!'
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They conspire with a single mind, they conclude an alliance against you,
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians;
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even Assyria has joined them to reinforce the children of Lot. Pause
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Treat them like Midian and Sisera, like Jabin at the river Kishon;
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wiped out at En-Dor, they served to manure the ground.
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Treat their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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for they said, 'Let us take for ourselves God's settlements.'
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My God, treat them like thistledown, like chaff at the mercy of the wind.
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As fire devours a forest, as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
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so drive them away with your tempest, by your whirlwind fill them with terror.
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Shame written all over their faces, let them seek your name, Yahweh!
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Dishonour and terror be always theirs, death also and destruction.
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Let them know that you alone bear the name of Yahweh, Most High over all the earth.
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