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Psalm 83 in Hebrew and English

19 verses, about 1 minute to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The text of the psalm

שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָֽף׃

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

אֱלֹהִים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט אֵֽל׃

O God, keep not Thou silence; Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.

כִּי־הִנֵּה אוֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָיוּן וּמְשַׂנְאֶיךָ נָשְׂאוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃

For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; And they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

עַל־עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד וְיִתְיָעֲצוּ עַל־צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃

They hold crafty converse against Thy people, And take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

אָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי וְלֹא־יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֽוֹד׃

They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּו עָלֶיךָ בְּרִית יִכְרֹֽתוּ׃

For they have consulted together with one consent; Against Thee do they make a covenant;

אָהֳלֵי אֱדוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִים מוֹאָב וְהַגְרִֽים׃

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

גְּבָל וְעַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵק פְּלֶשֶׁת עִם־יֹשְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

גַּם־אַשּׁוּר נִלְוָה עִמָּם הָיוּ זְרוֹעַ לִבְנֵי־לוֹט סֶֽלָה׃

Assyria also is joined with them; They have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah

עֲשֵׂה־לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן כְּסִיסְרָא כְיָבִין בְּנַחַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃

Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

נִשְׁמְדוּ בְעֵין־דֹּאר הָיוּ דֹמֶן לָאֲדָמָֽה׃

Who were destroyed at En-dor; They became as dung for the earth.

שִׁיתֵמוֹ נְדִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵב וְכִזְאֵב וּכְזֶבַח וּכְצַלְמֻנָּע כָּל־נְסִיכֵֽמוֹ׃

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ נִירֲשָׁה לָּנוּ אֵת נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.'

אֱלֹהַי שִׁיתֵמוֹ כַגַּלְגַּל כְּקַשׁ לִפְנֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַר־יָעַר וּכְלֶהָבָה תְּלַהֵט הָרִֽים׃

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

כֵּן תִּרְדְּפֵם בְּסַעֲרֶךָ וּבְסוּפָתְךָ תְבַהֲלֵֽם׃

So pursue them with Thy tempest, And affright them with Thy storm.

מַלֵּא פְנֵיהֶם קָלוֹן וִיבַקְשׁוּ שִׁמְךָ יְהוָֽה׃

Fill their faces with shame; That they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ עֲדֵי־עַד וְיַחְפְּרוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; Yea, let them be abashed and perish;

וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי־אַתָּה שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, The Most High over all the earth.

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, compared with a second edition letter by letter. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this psalm is read

  • The third of the five books of Psalms
  • Read in the monthly cycle on day 17 of the Hebrew month
  • Read in the weekly cycle on Wednesday
  • Its heading names Asaph
  • 19 verses, 130 words, about 1 minute to read

Psalms that are read with this one

All 150 psalms and today's reading·Prayers by the time they are said

Questions about this psalm

How many verses does Psalm 83 have?

Psalm 83 has 19 verses and 130 words.

On which day is Psalm 83 read in the monthly and weekly cycles?

In the monthly cycle it is read on day 17 of the Hebrew month, and in the weekly cycle on Wednesday.

Whose name is in the heading of Psalm 83?

The heading names Asaph.

How long does it take to read Psalm 83?

About 1 minute, at a steady pace.