83:1 O God, don't sit idly by, silent and inactive!
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 1 , O God, don't sit idly by, silent and inactive!
83:2 Don't you hear the tumult of your enemies? Don't you see what your arrogant enemies are doing?
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 2 , Don't you hear the tumult of your enemies? Don't you see what your arrogant enemies are doing?
83:3 They devise crafty schemes against your people, laying plans against your precious ones.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 3 , They devise crafty schemes against your people, laying plans against your precious ones.
83:4 'Come,' they say, 'let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.'
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 4 , 'Come,' they say, 'let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.'
83:5 This was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you--
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 5 , This was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you--
83:6 these Edomites and Ishmaelites, Moabites and Hagrites,
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 6 , these Edomites and Ishmaelites, Moabites and Hagrites,
83:7 Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites, and people from Philistia and Tyre.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 7 , Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites, and people from Philistia and Tyre.
83:8 Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 8 , Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot.
83:9 Do to them as you did to the Midianites or as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 9 , Do to them as you did to the Midianites or as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 10 , They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
83:11 Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 11 , Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
83:12 for they said, 'Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!'
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 12 , for they said, 'Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!'
83:13 O my God, blow them away like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind!
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 13 , O my God, blow them away like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind!
83:14 As a fire roars through a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 14 , As a fire roars through a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
83:15 chase them with your fierce storms; terrify them with your tempests.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 15 , chase them with your fierce storms; terrify them with your tempests.
83:16 Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O LORD.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 16 , Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O LORD.
83:17 Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Make them failures in everything they do,
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 17 , Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Make them failures in everything they do,
83:18 until they learn that you alone are called the LORD, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
The NLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 83 , Verse 18 , until they learn that you alone are called the LORD, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.