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A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.
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2.
See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads.
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With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
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"Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more."
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With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you--
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the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
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Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
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Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah
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Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
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who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground.
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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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who said, "Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God."
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Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
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As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
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so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
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Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD.
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May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
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Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD--that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
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