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One of Asaph's songs of praise. God, don't keep quiet! Don't close your ears! Please say something, God. |
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Your enemies are getting ready to do something. Those who hate you will soon attack. |
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They are making secret plans against your people. Your enemies are discussing plans against the people you love. |
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They say, "Come, let us destroy them completely. Then no one will ever again remember the name Israel. " |
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God, they have all joined together. They have united against you. |
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Their army includes the Edomites, Ishmaelites, Moabites, and Hagar's descendants, the people of Byblos, Ammon, and Amalek, the Philistines, and the people of Tyre. |
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Even the Assyrians have joined them. They have made Lot's descendants very powerful. Selah |
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God, defeat them just as you defeated Midian. Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. |
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You destroyed the enemy at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground. |
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Punish their leaders as you did Oreb and Zeeb. Do what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna. |
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They said, "Let's make this land our own— these fields of grass that belong to God!" |
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Make them like tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Scatter them, like the wind scatters straw. |
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Be like a fire that destroys a forest or like a flame that sets the hills on fire. |
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Chase them away with your blasts of wind; frighten them with your storms. |
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Lord, cover them with shame until they come to you for help. |
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May they be forever ashamed and afraid. Disgrace and defeat them. |
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Then they will know that your name is Yahweh — that you alone are the Lord. They will know that you are God Most High, ruler over all the earth! |
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