Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM 83, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE First Line: Be not thou silent now at length Last Line: O'er all the earth art one. | ||||||||
1 Be not thou silent now at length, O God hold not thy peace, Sit not thou still O God of strength, We cry and do not cease. 2 For lo thy furious foes now swell And storm outrageously, And they that hate thee proud and fell Exalt their heads full high. 3 Against thy people they contrive Their plots and counsels deep; Them to ensnare they chiefly strive Whom thou dost hide and keep. 4 Come let us cut them off say they, Till they no nation be, That Israel's name for ever may Be lost in memory. 5 For they consult with all their might, And all as one in mind Themselves against thee they unite And in firm union bind. 6 The tents of Edom, and the brood Of scornful Ishmael, Moab, with them of Hagar's blood That in the desert dwell, 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire, And hateful Amalek, The Philistines, and they of Tyre Whose bounds the sea doth check. 8 With them great Ashur also bands And doth confirm the knot; All these have lent their armed hands To aid the sons of Lot. 9 Do to them as to Midian bold That wasted all the coast, To Sisera, and as is told Thou didst to Jabin's host, When at the brook of Kishon old They were repulsed and slain, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and rolled As dung upon the plain. 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped So let their princes speed; As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled So let their princes bleed. 12 For they amidst their pride have said By right now shall we seize God's houses, and will now invade Their stately palaces 13 My God, O make them as a wheel, No quiet let them find, Giddy and restless let them reel Like stubble from the wind. 14 As when an aged wood takes fire Which on a sudden strays, The greedy flame runs higher and higher Till all the mountains blaze; 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, And with thy tempest chase; 16 And till they yield thee honour due, Lord fill with shame their face. 17 Ashamed and troubled let them be, Troubled and shamed for ever, Ever confounded, and so die With shame, and 'scape it never. 18 Then shall they know that thou whose name Jehovah is alone, Art the most high, and thou the same O'er all the earth art one. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 121 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 136 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 139 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 8. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE DEBORAH: THE SONG OF DEBORAH by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ECCLESIASTES by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ECCLESIASTES: THE LIGHT IS SWEET by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ELIJAH AND THE PRIESTS OF BAAL: IN A TIME OF FAMINE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE EXODUS 15. SONG OF ISRAEL FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EGYPT IN THE RED SEA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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