Psalm 83

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Hold not thy tongue, O God, 3 keep | not still | silence ||

re- 3 frain | not thy- | self, O | God. ||

2 For lo, thine | enemies • make a | murmur•ing ||

and they that | hate • thee have | 3 lift up their | head. ||

3 They have imagined craftily a- | gainst thy | people ||

and taken | 3 counsel a- | gainst thy | secret • ones. ||

4 They have said, * Come, and let us root them out, that they be no | more a | people ||

and that the name of Israel may | be no | more • in re- | membrance. ||

5 For they have cast their heads together with | one con- | sent ||

3 and | are con- | feder•ate a- | gainst thee; ||

6 The tabernacles of the | Edomites, • and the | Ismael•ites ||

the | Moab- | ites and | Haga•renes; ||

7 Gebal, and | Ammon, • and | Ama•lek ||

the Philistines, with | them that | dwell at | Tyre. ||

8 Assur | 3 also is | joined • with them ||

and have | 3 holpen the | 3 children of | Lot. ||

9 But do thou to them as | 3 unto the | Madian•ites ||

unto Sisera, and unto | Jabin • at the | brook of | Kison; ||

10 Who | 3 perished at | Endor ||

and be- | came • as the | dung • of the | earth. ||

11 Make them and their princes like | Oreb • and | Zeb ||

yea, make all their princes like as | Zeba | and Sal- | mana; ||

12 Who say, Let us | take • to our- | selves ||

the | 3 houses of | God • in pos- | session. ||

13 O my God, make them | like un•to a | wheel ||

3 and | as the | stubble be•fore the | wind; ||

14 Like as the fire that | burneth • up the | wood ||

and as the | 3 flame that con- | 3 sumeth the | mountains. ||

15 Persecute them even | so • with thy | tempest ||

and | make • them a- | fraid • with thy | storm. ||

16 Make their | 3 faces a- | shamed, O • Lord ||

3 that | they may | seek thy | Name. ||

17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever | more and | more ||

let them be | put to | shame, and | perish. ||

18 And they shall know that thou, whose | Name • is Je- | hovah ||

art only the most | Highest • over | all the | earth. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||