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Psalm 83: Deus, quis similis?

Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 706. In the 30-day Psalter it is read on day 16, at Evening Prayer.

1

O God, do not be silent; *

do not keep still nor hold your peace, O God;

2

For your enemies are in tumult, *

and those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

3

They take secret counsel against your people *

and plot against those whom you protect.

4

They have said, "Come, let us wipe them out from among the nations; *

let the name of Israel be remembered no more."

5

They have conspired together; *

they have made an alliance against you:

6

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; *

the Moabites and the Hagarenes;

7

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; *

the Philistines and those who dwell in Tyre.

8

The Assyrians also have joined them, *

and have come to help the people of Lot.

9

Do to them as you did to Midian, *

to Sisera, and to Jabin at the river of Kishon:

10

They were destroyed at Endor; *

they became like dung upon the ground.

11

Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeëb, *

and all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12

Who said, "Let us take for ourselves *

the fields of God as our possession."

13

O my God, make them like whirling dust *

and like chaff before the wind;

14

Like fire that burns down a forest, *

like the flame that sets mountains ablaze.

15

Drive them with your tempest *

and terrify them with your storm;

16

Cover their faces with shame, O LORD, *

that they may seek your Name.

17

Let them be disgraced and terrified for ever; *

let them be put to confusion and perish.

18

Let them know that you, whose Name is YAHWEH, *

you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

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