A song. A Psalm of Asaph.
God is asked not to keep silent, hold his peace, or remain still.
This verse opens with an urgent plea for divine intervention.
1A song. A Psalm of Asaph. 2See how Your enemies rage, 3With cunning they scheme against Your people 4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; 5For with one mind they plot together; 6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, 7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, 8Even Assyria has joined them, 9Do to them as You did to Midian, 10who perished at Endor 11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, 12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves 13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, 14As fire consumes a forest, 15so pursue them with Your tempest, 16Cover their faces with shame, 17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; 18May they know that You alone,