Psalm 83:1-8

Good News Translation

A Prayer for the Defeat of Israel's Enemies^[a]

83 O God, do not keep silent;
    do not be still, do not be quiet!
²Look! Your enemies are in revolt,
    and those who hate you are rebelling.
³They are making secret plans against your people;
    they are plotting against those you protect.
⁴“Come,” they say, “let us destroy their nation,
    so that Israel will be forgotten forever.”

⁵They agree on their plan
    and form an alliance against you:
⁶the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
    the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
⁷the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
    and of Philistia and Tyre.
⁸Assyria has also joined them
    as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.