{"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/kjv/psalms/83","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:24:35.647Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":83,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":82,"nextChapter":84,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Song <i>or</i> Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: 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 have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from <i>being</i> a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Do unto them as <i>unto</i> the Midianites; as <i>to</i> Sisera, as <i>to</i> Jabin, at the brook of Kison:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"<i>Which</i> perished at Endor: they became <i>as</i> dung for the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"That <i>men</i> may know that thou, whose name alone <i>is</i> JEHOVAH, <i>art</i> the most high over all the earth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 83 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 83](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/83)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/83 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}