Psalms 13

How Long, O Lord?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^aHow long, O Lord? Will you ^bforget me forever?
How long will you ^chide your face from me?
2How long must I take ^dcounsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 ^eConsider and answer me, O Lord my God;
^flight up my eyes, lest ^gI sleep the sleep of death,
4 ^hlest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am ⁱshaken.
5 But I have ^jtrusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall ^krejoice in your salvation.
6I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 83

O God, Do Not Keep Silence

A Song. A Psalm of ^lAsaph.

1 O God, do not keep silence;
^mdo not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2For behold, your enemies ⁿmake an uproar;
those who hate you have ^oraised their heads.
3They lay ^pcrafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your ^qtreasured ones.
4They say, “Come, ^rlet us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—
6the tents of ^sEdom and ^tthe Ishmaelites,
^uMoab and ^vthe Hagrites,
7 ^wGebal and ^xAmmon and ^yAmalek,
^zPhilistia with the inhabitants of ^aaTyre;
8 ^abAsshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of ^acthe children of Lot.  Selah
9 Do to them as you did to ^adMidian,
as to ^aeSisera and Jabin at ^afthe river Kishon,
10who were destroyed at ^agEn-dor,
who became ^ahdung for the ground.
11Make their nobles like ^aiOreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like ^ajZebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, ^ak“Let us take possession for ourselves
of the pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like ^alwhirling dust, ▼

▼Or  like a tumbleweed

like ^anchaff before the wind.
14As ^aofire consumes the forest,
as the flame ^apsets the mountains ablaze,
15so may you pursue them ^aqwith your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 ^arFill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17Let them be ^asput to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
18that they may ^atknow that you alone,
^auwhose name is the Lord,
are ^avthe Most High over all the earth.