A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. A national lament. A military coalition has conspired against Israel and the people call on God to destroy them.
v.1 Call to action for God.
v.2-8 Description of the crisis. The nations are conspiring against Israel. Selah.
v.9-15 Petition to destroy Israel’s enemies (an imprecation).
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,
like chaff before the wind.
v.16-18 Petition to bring shame on the enemies.
18 that they may know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.
When in a crisis, prayer is the mightiest weapon available to the believer.