May 22, 2019
1 O God, do not remain silent;
do not turn a deaf ear,
do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl,
how your foes rear their heads.
3 With cunning they conspire against
your people;
they plot against those you
cherish.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them
as a nation,
so that Israel’s name is remembered no
more.”
5 With one mind
they plot together;
they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom and the
Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Byblos, Ammon and
Amalek,
Philistia, with the people of
Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined
them
to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[b]
9 Do to them as you
did to Midian,
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the
river Kishon,
10 who perished at Endor
and became like dung on the
ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and
Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and
Zalmunna,
12 who said, “Let us take
possession
of the pasturelands of God.”
13 Make them like
tumbleweed, my God,
like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
or a flame sets the mountains
ablaze,
15 so pursue them with your
tempest
and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with
shame, Lord,
so that they will seek your name.
17 May they ever
be ashamed and dismayed;
may they perish in disgrace.
18 Let them know that you, whose name is
the Lord—
that you alone are the Most High over all the
earth.