O God, do not keep silence;
don’t hold your peace or sit.
Our enemies (and yours, too)
have got us in a snit.
They plan to wipe us (you, too)
right out of history,
in treachery con-spi-ring
against your progeny.
—–
Again do what you did when
a woman with a nail
dispatched a sleeping soldier
and sent her foe to hell.
Drive back invading princes
who threaten us with wars.
The land you gave our fathers
eternally is ours.
—–
And once you’ve pulverized them,
then blow them all away.
As fire burns the forest
go set them all ablaze.
Pursue them with your tempest,
a fearsome hurricane.
Make them ashamed forever
and glorify your name.
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Photo by Matt Howard on Unsplash
Source: Psalm 83
Text: © David Alexander, 2020
Tune: Ach Gott, vom Himmelreiche
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2011/Score/ComeSingYeChoirs-AchGott.pdf
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