{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/83","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T09:37:34.123Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":83,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":82,"nextChapter":84,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together against thy hidden ones."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For they have consulted together with one consent; against thee do they make a covenant:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Assyria also is joined with them; they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Do thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Which perished at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy storm."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Fill their faces with confusion; that they may seek thy name, O LORD."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let them be ashamed and dismayed for ever; yea, let them be confounded and perish:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"That they may know that thou alone, whose name is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 83 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 83](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/83)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/83 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}