Psalms 82

¹A Canticle Psalm of Asaph

²O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God

³For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head

⁴They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones

⁵They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.

⁶For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant

⁷the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites

⁸and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre

⁹For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot

¹⁰Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon

¹¹They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth

¹²Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leader

¹³who said, “Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

¹⁴My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind

¹⁵Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains

¹⁶So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath

¹⁷Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord

¹⁸Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and let them be confounded and perish

¹⁹And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth