^{1 Ref} A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

^{2 Ref} For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

^{3 Ref} Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

^{4 Ref} They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from `being' a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'

^{5 Ref} For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

^{6 Ref} Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

^{7 Ref} Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,

^{8 Ref} Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

^{9 Ref} Do to them as `to' Midian, As `to' Sisera, as `to' Jabin, at the stream Kishon.

^{10 Ref} They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

^{11 Ref} Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,

^{12 Ref} Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

^{13 Ref} O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

^{14 Ref} As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

^{15 Ref} So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

^{16 Ref} Fill their faces `with' shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

^{17 Ref} They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

^{18 Ref} And they know that Thou -- (Thy name `is' Jehovah -- by Thyself,) `Art' the Most High over all the earth!