Psalm 83

John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)



Be not thou silent now at length
O God hold not thy peace,
Sit not thou still O God of strength
We cry and do not cease.
For lo thy furious foes now *swell
And *storm outrageously,                                *Jehemajun.
And they that hate thee proud and fill
Exalt their heads full hie.
Against thy people they *contrive                       *Jagnarimu.
*Their Plots and Counsels deep,                             *Sod.
*Them to ensnare they chiefly strive             *Jithjagnatsu gnal.
*Whom thou dost hide and keep.                          *Tsephuneca.
Come let us cut them off say they,
Till they no Nation be
That Israels name for ever may
Be lost in memory.
For they consult *with all their might,               *Lev jachdau.
And all as one in mind
Themselves against thee they unite
And in firm union bind.                                          
The tents of Edom, and the brood
Of scornful Ishmael,
Moab, with them of Hagars blood
That in the Desart dwell,
Gebal and Ammon there conspire,
And hateful Amalec,
The Philistims, and they of Tyre
Whose bounds the sea doth check.
With them great Asshur also bands
And doth confirm the knot,                                       
All these have lent their armed hands
To aid the Sons of Lot.
Do to them as to Midian bold
That wasted all the Coast.
To Sisera, and as is told
Thou didst to Jabins hoast,
When at the brook of Kishon old
They were repulst and slain,
At Endor quite cut off, and rowl'd
As dung upon the plain.                                          
As Zeb and Oreb evil sped
So let their Princes speed
As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled
So let their Princes bleed.
For they amidst their pride have said
By right now shall we seize
Gods houses, and will now invade
*Their stately Palaces.                    *Neoth Elohim bears both.
My God, oh make them as a wheel
No quiet let them find,                                          
Giddy and restless let them reel
Like stubble from the wind.
As when an aged wood takes fire
Which on a sudden straies,
The greedy flame runs hier and hier
Till all the mountains blaze,
So with thy whirlwind them pursue,
And with thy tempest chase;
*And till they *yield thee honour due,                *They seek thy
Lord fill with shame their face.                         Name. Heb.
Asham'd and troubl'd let them be,                                
Troubl'd and sham'd for ever,
Ever confounded, and so die
With shame, and scape it never.
Then shall they know that thou whose name
Jehova is alone,
Art the most high, and thou the same
O're all the earth art one.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 12, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDEFGHCIJKGKHLMLNOPCQIRISTSTUVUHUDHDWXWXWYZ1 OLOLQBQ2 3 4 5 KKQ5 QGDGD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 2,508
Words 411
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 68

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