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Mpae a Israel bɔ pɛ sɛ wodi wɔn atamfo so

83 O Onyankopɔn, ntena hɔ komm; nyɛ komm! Nyɛ komm! Hwɛ! W’atamfo reyɛ basabasa, na wɔn a wɔtan wo no reyɛ dɔm. Hwɛ! W’atamfo reyɛ basabasa, na wɔn a wɔmpɛ w’asɛm nso ayɛ dɔm.

Wɔrepam esum ase atia wo nkurɔfo; wɔrepam atia wɔn a wobɔ wɔn ho ban. Wɔka se, “Bra na yɛnsɛe wɔn man sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn werɛ befi Israel kora kora.” Wɔpenee wɔn apam no so kaa wɔn ho bɔɔ mu tiaa wo. Edomfo, Ismaelfo, Moabfo, Hagarfo, Gebalfo ne Amonfo ne Amalekfo ne Filistifo ne Tirofo ne Asiriafo akɔka wɔn ho ama Amonfo ne Moabfo a wɔyɛ Lot asefo no dɔm no ayɛ den.

Yɛ wɔn sɛnea woyɛɛ Midianfo ne Siserafo ne Yabinfo wɔ Kison subon mu hɔ no. 10 Wudii wɔn so wɔ Endor maa wɔn amu porɔwee wɔ fam. 11 Yɛ wɔn a wodi wɔn anim no sɛnea woyɛɛ Oreb ne Seeb no; di wɔn ahene so sɛnea woyɛɛ Sebah ne Salmuna 12 a wɔkae se, “Yɛbɛfa asase a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn de no” no.

13 Bɔ wɔn hwete sɛ mfutuma, O Onyankopɔn; sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa bɔ gu. 14 Sɛnea ogya hyew kwae, sɛnea ogyaframa ma nkoko hyew no, 15 saa ara na fa ahum taa wɔn na fa wo mframa a ano yɛ den no yi wɔn hu. 16 Ma animguase nka wɔn, O Awurade, na ma wonhu wo tumi. 17 Ma wonni wɔn so nkonim na wɔmmɔ hu daa daa; ma wonwu wɔ animguase pɔtɔɔ mu. 18 Ma wonhu sɛ, wo nko ara ne Awurade Otumfoɔ wɔ asase so nyinaa.

Psalm 83[a]

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

O God, do not remain silent;(A)
    do not turn a deaf ear,
    do not stand aloof, O God.
See how your enemies growl,(B)
    how your foes rear their heads.(C)
With cunning they conspire(D) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.(E)
“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(F) them as a nation,(G)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(H) no more.”

With one mind they plot together;(I)
    they form an alliance against you—
the tents of Edom(J) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(K) and the Hagrites,(L)
Byblos,(M) Ammon(N) and Amalek,(O)
    Philistia,(P) with the people of Tyre.(Q)
Even Assyria(R) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[b](S)

Do to them as you did to Midian,(T)
    as you did to Sisera(U) and Jabin(V) at the river Kishon,(W)
10 who perished at Endor(X)
    and became like dung(Y) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(Z)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(AA)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(AB)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff(AC) before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,(AD)
15 so pursue them with your tempest(AE)
    and terrify them with your storm.(AF)
16 Cover their faces with shame,(AG) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;(AH)
    may they perish in disgrace.(AI)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord(AJ)
    that you alone are the Most High(AK) over all the earth.(AL)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:1 In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.
  2. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.