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14 Pursue them with your storms,
    and terrify them with your windstorms
15 the way fire burns a forest
    and flames set mountains on fire.[a]
16 Let their faces blush with shame, O Yahweh,
    so that they must look to you for help.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:15 Verse 15 (in Hebrew) has been placed in front of verse 14 to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.

14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,(A)
15 so pursue them with your tempest(B)
    and terrify them with your storm.(C)
16 Cover their faces with shame,(D) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

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