A Prayer for the Defeat of Israel's Enemies
1 O God, do not keep silent;
do not be still, do not be quiet!
2 Look! Your enemies are in revolt,
and those who hate you are rebelling.
3 They are making secret plans against your people;
they are plotting against those you protect.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy their nation,
so that Israel will be forgotten forever.”
5 They agree on their plan
and form an alliance against you:
6 the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
7 the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
and of Philistia and Tyre.
8 Assyria has also joined them
as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites,
and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 You defeated them at Endor,
and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb;
defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “We will take for our own
the land that belongs to God.”
13 Scatter them like dust, O God,
like straw blown away by the wind.
14 As fire burns the forest,
as flames set the hills on fire,
15 chase them away with your storm
and terrify them with your fierce winds.
16 Cover their faces with shame, O Lord,
and make them acknowledge your power.
17 May they be defeated and terrified forever;
may they die in complete disgrace.
18 May they know that you alone are the Lord,
supreme ruler over all the earth.
Lūgšana pēc palīga pret Dieva tautas naidniekiem
1 Dziesma. Āsāfa psalms .
2 Dievs, neciet klusu! Neesi mēms,
jel neklusē, Dievs!
3 Jo, redzi, tavi naidnieki ņurd,
tie, kas nīst tevi, jau ceļ galvu,
4 pret tavu tautu tie viltu kaļ
un padomu lolo pret tiem, ko tu sargi,
5 tie saka: ejam, izdeldam
viņus starp tautām,
lai Israēla vārdu nepiemin vairs! –
6 Jau tie padomu meklē kopā,
pret tevi tie derību slēdz –
7 Edoma teltis un ismaēlieši,
Moābs un hagrieši,
8 Gebala, Amona un Amālēks,
Filistija un tie, kas mīt Tīrā,
9 un Asīrija kopā ar tiem –
tie visi nu – Lata dēlu stiprums!
10 Dari tiem kā Midjānam, kā Sīsram,
kā Jābīnam pie Kīšonas strauta,
11 kā tiem, kas iznīcināti pie Ēn-Doras
un tapuši zemei par mēsliem!
12 Dari tiem – to augstmaņiem –
kā Orēbam un Zeēvam,
visiem to dižvīriem – kā Zebaham un Calmunnam!
13 Tie teica: kaut mēs mantotu ko
no Dieva ganībām! –
14 Mans Dievs, dari tos
kā putekļu vērpeti, kā pelavas vējā!
15 Kā uguns aizdedzina mežu
un kā liesma iesveļ kalnus,
16 tā vajā tu tos ar savu vētru
un ar savu viesuli tos izbiedē!
17 Klāj viņu sejas ar negodu –
ka tie sāk meklēt tavu vārdu, Kungs!
18 Lai kauns tiem un paļas
uz laiku laikiem,
lai tiem misējas, lai tie iet bojā,
19 lai zina, ka tu, kam vārds – Kungs,
tu viens – Visuaugstais pār visu zemi!
