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Do a not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
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For behold, b Your enemies make a 1 tumult;
And those who hate You have 2 lifted up their head.
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They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together c against Your sheltered ones.
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They have said, "Come, and d let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
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For they have consulted together with one 3 consent;
They 4 form a confederacy against You:
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e The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
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Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
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Deal with them as with f Midian,
As with g Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
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Who perished at En Dor,
h Who became as refuse on the earth.
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Make their nobles like i Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like j Zebah and Zalmunna,
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Who said, "Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession."
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k O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
l Like the chaff before the wind!
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As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame m sets the mountains on fire,
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So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
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Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O LORD.
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Let them be 5 confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
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n That they may know that You, whose o name alone is the LORD,
Are p the Most High over all the earth.