Readings

¹O God, do not be silent; *do not keep still nor hold your peace, O God;

²For your enemies are in tumult, *and those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

³They take secret counsel against your people *and plot against those whom you protect.

⁴They have said, “Come, let us wipe them out from among the nations; *let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

⁵They have conspired together; *they have made an alliance against you:

⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; *the Moabites and the Hagarenes;

⁷Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; *the Philistines and those who dwell in Tyre.

⁸The Assyrians also have joined them, *and have come to help the people of Lot.

⁹Do to them as you did to Midian, *to Sisera, and to Jabin at the river of Kishon:

¹⁰They were destroyed at Endor; *they became like dung upon the ground.

¹¹Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeëb, *and all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²Who said, “Let us take for ourselves *the fields of God as our possession.”

¹³O my God, make them like whirling dust *and like chaff before the wind;

¹⁴Like fire that burns down a forest, *like the flame that sets mountains ablaze.

¹⁵Drive them with your tempest *and terrify them with your storm;

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame, O Lord, *that they may seek your Name.

¹⁷Let them be disgraced and terrified for ever; *let them be put to confusion and perish.

¹⁸Let them know that you, whose Name is Yahweh, *you alone are the Most High over all the earth.