83: 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
83: 3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.
83: 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
83: 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:
83: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the 529Hagarenes;
529Or, Hagrites; See 1Chr 5:10. Lamsa says Gadarenes;
83: 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:
83: 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have 530helped the children of Lot. [Selah
530Hb. been an arm to the children of Lot.
83: 9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
83: 10 Who perished at En-dor, Who became as dung for the earth.
83: 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
83: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The 531habitations of God.
531Or, pastures of God.
83: 13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
83: 14 As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
83: 15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
83: 16 Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
83: 17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
83: 18 That they may know that 532thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
532Or, thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art etc.
