They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 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. For they have consulted together with one consent; they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. Do unto them as _unto_ the Midianites; as _to_ Sisera, as _to_ Jabin, at the brook of Kison; _Which_ perished at En-dor: they became _as_ dung for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb; yea, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna: Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. As fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire, So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That _men_ may know that thou, whose name alone _is_ JEHOVAH, _art_ the Most High over all the earth. This Psalm is a prayer of the same nature as Psalm lxxx. as the same mentioned names of the same nation show, who were bitter enemies unto Israel. The same explanation, therefore, will suffice. PSALM LXXXIV. _The prophet longing for the communion of the sanctuary, sheweth how blessed they are that dwell therein.—He prayeth to be restored unto it._ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable _are_ thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, _even_ thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed _are_ they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. Blessed _is_ the man whose strength _is_ in thee; in whose heart _are_ the ways _of them_: _Who_ passing through the valley of Baca, make it a well: the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength; _every one of them_ in Zion appeareth before God. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts _is_ better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God _is_ a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good _thing_ will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed _is_ the man that trusteth in thee.