O God, Be Not Silent
A song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; 1 Psa 28:1Psa 35:22Psa 50:3Isa 42:14Psa 109:1-2Psa 44:23
be not still, O God.
See how Your enemies rage, Psa 81:15Isa 17:12Mat 27:24Isa 37:23Jdg 8:28Jer 1:192Ki 19:28Act 16:22
how Your foes have reared their heads.
With cunning they scheme against Your people Psa 64:2Psa 27:5Psa 31:20Isa 7:6-7Luk 20:20-23Psa 10:9Psa 91:1Psa 56:6
and conspire against those You cherish,
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; Jer 48:2Jer 11:19Est 3:6-9Psa 74:8Act 9:1-2Dan 7:25Exo 1:10Jer 31:36
may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
For with one mind they plot together, Psa 2:2Isa 8:9-10Rev 17:13Isa 7:5-7Rev 19:192Sa 10:6-8Isa 7:2Jhn 11:47-53
they form an alliance against You—
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, 1Ch 5:102Ch 20:12Ch 20:10-11Psa 137:71Ch 5:19-20Gen 25:12-18
of Moab and the Hagrites,
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Jos 13:5Ezk 27:3Ezk 27:91Sa 15:21Sa 4:1Amo 1:9
of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
Even Assyria has joined them, Deu 2:92Ki 15:19Gen 10:11Gen 19:37-38Gen 25:3Isa 33:2
lending strength to the sons of Lot.
Selah
Do to them as You did to Midian, Isa 9:4Jdg 4:15-24Jdg 5:21Num 31:7-8Isa 10:26Jdg 4:7Jdg 7:1-25
as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
who perished at Endor Zep 1:171Sa 28:7Jos 17:112Ki 9:37Jer 16:4Jer 8:2
and became like dung on the ground.
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, Jdg 7:25Jdg 8:12-21
and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves 2Ch 20:11Psa 74:7-8Psa 83:4
the pastures of God.”
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, Job 21:18Psa 35:5Isa 40:24Jer 13:24Job 13:25Psa 74:11-12Exo 15:7Isa 17:12-14
like chaff before the wind.
As fire consumes a forest, Deu 32:22Mal 4:1Isa 9:18Ezk 20:47-48Isa 30:33Isa 33:11-12Isa 64:1-2Nam 1:10
as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
so pursue them with Your tempest, Job 9:17Psa 50:3Isa 28:17Psa 58:9Heb 12:18Job 27:20-23Mat 7:27Psa 11:6
and terrify them with Your storm.
Cover their faces with shame, Psa 6:10Psa 9:19-20Job 10:15Psa 109:29Psa 132:18Psa 34:5
that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; Psa 35:4Psa 109:29Psa 35:26Psa 40:14-15
may they perish in disgrace.
May they know that You alone, Exo 6:3Ezk 38:23Jer 16:21Psa 59:132Ki 19:19Psa 97:9Dan 4:32Ezk 30:19
whose name is the LORD,
are Most High over all the earth.