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Book III: The Confederacy of Nations and the Petition for Sovereign Stirring
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O Alahiym: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O El.
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For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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The Crafty Counsel of the Hidden Ones
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Yashar'al may be no more in remembrance.
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The Ten-Nation Confederacy
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
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The tabernacles of Edom, and the Yishma'alites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
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Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tzor;
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Ashshuwr also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lut. Selah.
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The Appeal to Historical Precedents
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Yabiyn, at the brook of Kiyshon:
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Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.
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Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebach, and as Tzalmunna:
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Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of Alahiym in possession.
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The Imprecation of Entropy
O my Alahiym, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
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As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
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So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
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Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
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The Universal Recognition of Elyon
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, art the Most High over all the earth.