Bad-guy countries coming after God
A song, and a psalm of Asaph. [1]
1Please, God, say something.Don’t go mute on us.
Don’t go silent.
2Look, your enemies are making noise.
They hate you, and they’re getting pushy.
3They’re plotting against your people.
They’ve joined forces
To go after people you treasure.
4Their rallying cry is,
“Let’s wipe them off the map
So everyone will forget Israel ever existed.”
5They’re united in this conspiracy.
They’ve agreed to fight you.
6Coalition forces include
Families of Edom along with Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7Gebal, Ammon, Amalek,
Philistia, and people living in Tyre.
8Assyria is with them, too.
They’re helping Lot’s descendants,
Moab and Ammon. [2]
Instruments [3]
Show them who’s boss
9Smash them like you did Midian. [4]And like you did Sisera and Jabin
At the Battle of Kishon River. [5]
10They were wiped out at Endor,
And left dead in the dirt
As fertilizer for the ground.
11Destroy their leaders
Like you did Oreb and Zeeb. [6]
Kill all their leaders
Like you did Zebah and Zalmunna. [7]
12These are people who said,
“Let’s take God’s land from him.”
13Please God, turn them to dust.
Make them flakes of chaff
Blowing in the wind.
14Roll over them like fire in a forest,
Like flames that set mountains on fire.
15Chase them with your cyclone
And terrorize them with your storm.
16Slap their faces red with shame
So they’ll come to their senses
And surrender to you, LORD.
17Then leave them ashamed, confused,
Humiliated, and doomed forever.
18That will show them who’s God.
You alone, LORD, are the Most High,
The ruler of this world.
