Psalm 83In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.
A song. A psalm of Asaph.
1O God, do not remain silent;
do not turn a deaf ear,
do not stand aloof, O God.
2See how your enemies growl,
how your foes rear their heads.
3With 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.”
5With one mind they plot together;
they form an alliance against you—
6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites,
7Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8Even Assyria has joined them
to reinforce Lot’s descendants.83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
9Do to them as you did to Midian,
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10who perished at Endor
and became like dung on the ground.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let us take possession
of the pasturelands of God.”
13Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like chaff before the wind.
14As fire consumes the forest
or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your storm.
16Cover their faces with shame, Lord,
so that they will seek your name.
17May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
may they perish in disgrace.
18Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord—
that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
第83篇
祈求上帝擊敗仇敵
亞薩的詩。
1上帝啊，求你不要緘默無聲。
上帝啊，求你不要閉口不言。
2看啊，你的敵人在喧嚷，
恨你的人趾高氣揚。
3他們用詭計害你的子民，
他們一起謀害你珍愛的人。
4他們說：
「來吧，讓我們剷除以色列，
讓他們亡國，被人遺忘。」
5他們串通一氣，
勾結起來抵擋你。
6他們是以東人、以實瑪利人、摩押人、夏甲人、
7迦巴勒人、亞捫人、亞瑪力人、非利士人和泰爾人。
8亞述也跟他們勾結，
要助羅得的後代一臂之力。（細拉）
9求你對付他們，
如同對付米甸人，
如同對付基順河邊的西西拉與耶賓。
10他們在隱·多珥滅亡，
成了地上的糞土。
11求你使他們首領的下場像俄立和西伊伯一樣，
使他們王侯的下場像西巴和撒慕拿一樣。
12他們曾說：
「讓我們奪取上帝的草場吧。」
13我的上帝啊，求你把他們驅散，
如同狂風吹散塵土和碎稭。
14烈火怎樣燒毀森林，
火焰怎樣吞沒山嶺，
15求你也照樣用狂風追趕他們，
用暴雨恐嚇他們。
16耶和華啊，
求你使他們滿臉盡是恥辱，
這樣他們才會來尋求你的名。
17願他們永遠羞愧驚恐，
願他們在恥辱中滅亡。
18讓他們知道你名叫耶和華，
唯有你是普天下的至高者。
