1  O God, do not keep silence;

^hdo not hold your peace or be still, O God!

2  For behold, your enemies ⁱmake an uproar;

those who hate you have ^jraised their heads.

3  They lay ^kcrafty plans against your people;

they consult together against your ^ltreasured ones.

4  They say, “Come, ^mlet us wipe them out as a nation;

let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”

5  For they conspire with one accord;

against you they make a covenant—

6  the tents of ⁿEdom and ^othe Ishmaelites,

^pMoab and ^qthe Hagrites,

7  ^rGebal and ^pAmmon and ^sAmalek,

^tPhilistia with the inhabitants of ^uTyre;

8  ^vAsshur also has joined them;

they are the strong arm of ^wthe children of Lot. Selah

9  Do to them as you did to ^xMidian,

as to ^ySisera and Jabin at ^zthe river Kishon,

10  who were destroyed at ^aEn-dor,

who became ^bdung for the ground.

11  Make their nobles like ^cOreb and Zeeb,

all their princes like ^dZebah and Zalmunna,

12  who said, ^e“Let us take possession for ourselves

of the pastures of God.”

13  O my God, make them like ^fwhirling dust,¹

like ^gchaff before the wind.

14  As ^hfire consumes the forest,

as the flame ⁱsets the mountains ablaze,

15  so may you pursue them ^jwith your tempest

and terrify them with your hurricane!

16  ^kFill their faces with shame,

that they may seek your name, O Lord.

17  Let them be ^lput to shame and dismayed forever;

let them perish in disgrace,

18  that they may ^mknow that you alone,

ⁿwhose name is the Lord,

are ^othe Most High over all the earth.