| New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
| 1O God, do not be silent! Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, O God. | 1O God, do not be silent! Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, O God. |
| 2Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up? | 2Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up? |
| 3They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones. | 3They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones. |
| 4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.” | 4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.” |
| 5Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you— | 5Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you— |
| 6these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites; | 6these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites; |
| 7Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre. | 7Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre. |
| 8Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude | 8Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude |
| 9Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. | 9Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. |
| 10They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil. | 10They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil. |
| 11Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna, | 11Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna, |
| 12for they said, “Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!” | 12for they said, “Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!” |
| 13O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind! | 13O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind! |
| 14As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze, | 14As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze, |
| 15chase them with your fierce storm; terrify them with your tempest. | 15chase them with your fierce storm; terrify them with your tempest. |
| 16Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O LORD. | 16Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O LORD. |
| 17Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace. | 17Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace. |
| 18Then they will learn that you alone are called the LORD, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth. | 18Then they will learn that you alone are called the LORD, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth. |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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