Psalms
Here is a book of selected Psalms that I have translated into a modern idiomatic English.
Please note that this is not completely edited, so occasionally you'll see a line with a question mark next to it.
83.
A song,
a tune of Asaf.
God, do not be silent,
Do not be still,
God, do not stay mute,
Because in fact
Your enemies are roaring,
And Your foes are lifting up their heads.
They are scheming and conspiring against Your people,
They are conniving against the people Whom You protect.
They say:
“Let us go
And destroy them so that they will no longer be a nation,
So that the name of Israel
Will never be mentioned again,”
They have agreed with one heart,
They have formed a pact against You:
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and Hagrim,
G’vul, Ammon and Amalek,
The Palestinians and the inhabitants of Tyre.
And Assyria has also joined them,
They have become the strong arm
Of the children of Lot.
Do to them what You did to Midian,
To Sissera, to Yavin
At the Kishon Stream.
They were destroyed at Ein-Dor,
They were dung upon the ground.
Make their mighty ones
Like the crow and the fox,
Make all their princes
Like Zevach and Tzalmuna,
Who had said,
“We will take the fields of God
As our own.”
God, make them like the tumbleweed,
Like the chaff before the wind.
Like a fire destroying a forest
And like flames engulfing the mountains,
Pursue them with Your storm,
Harrow them with your whirlwind.
Fill their faces with disgrace
So that they will seek Your Name, O God,
So that they will be ashamed and confused forever,
So that they will be mortified and disappear,
And the world will know
That You, Your Name is Being!,
Are unique,
You are higher than the entire universe.
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You can contact me at: [email protected].
Please note that this is not completely edited, so occasionally you'll see a line with a question mark next to it.
83.
A song,
a tune of Asaf.
God, do not be silent,
Do not be still,
God, do not stay mute,
Because in fact
Your enemies are roaring,
And Your foes are lifting up their heads.
They are scheming and conspiring against Your people,
They are conniving against the people Whom You protect.
They say:
“Let us go
And destroy them so that they will no longer be a nation,
So that the name of Israel
Will never be mentioned again,”
They have agreed with one heart,
They have formed a pact against You:
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and Hagrim,
G’vul, Ammon and Amalek,
The Palestinians and the inhabitants of Tyre.
And Assyria has also joined them,
They have become the strong arm
Of the children of Lot.
Do to them what You did to Midian,
To Sissera, to Yavin
At the Kishon Stream.
They were destroyed at Ein-Dor,
They were dung upon the ground.
Make their mighty ones
Like the crow and the fox,
Make all their princes
Like Zevach and Tzalmuna,
Who had said,
“We will take the fields of God
As our own.”
God, make them like the tumbleweed,
Like the chaff before the wind.
Like a fire destroying a forest
And like flames engulfing the mountains,
Pursue them with Your storm,
Harrow them with your whirlwind.
Fill their faces with disgrace
So that they will seek Your Name, O God,
So that they will be ashamed and confused forever,
So that they will be mortified and disappear,
And the world will know
That You, Your Name is Being!,
Are unique,
You are higher than the entire universe.
To download the file, please click here
You can contact me at: [email protected].