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Psalms 83

Introduction

1  A complaint to God of the enemies' conspiracies.
9  A prayer against them that oppress the Church.
Verse 1

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
A. M. 3416. B.C. 588. (Title.) A song. Some refer this Psalm to the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
of Asaph
or, for Asaph.
Keep
28:1, 35:22, 44:23, 50:3, 109:1,2
be not
Isaiah 42:14
Verse 2

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
For, lo
2:1,2, 74:4,23, 2 Kings 19:28, Isaiah 37:29, Jeremiah 1:19, Matthew 27:24, Acts 4:25-27, 16:22, 17:5, 19:28-41, 21:30, 22:22, 23:10
that hate
81:15
lifted
75:4,5, 93:3, Isaiah 37:23, Daniel 5:20-23
Verse 3

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They
10:9, 56:6, 64:2, 1 Samuel 13:19, Isaiah 7:6,7, Luke 20:20-23
thy hidden
27:5, 31:20, 91:1, Colossians 3:3
Verse 4

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.
Exodus 1:10, Esther 3:6-9, Proverbs 1:12, Jeremiah 11:19, 31:36, Daniel 7:25, Matthew 27:62-66, Acts 4:17, 9:1,2
Verse 5

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
For
2:2, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 7:5-7, 8:9,10, John 11:47-53, Acts 23:12,13, Revelation 17:13, 19:19
consent
Heb. heart. they are.
Joshua 10:3-5, 2 Samuel 10:6-8, Isaiah 7:2
Verse 6

The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
The tabernacles
Tents are mentioned because it was the custom of these people, particularly the Ishmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to the present day.
Edom
2 Chronicles 20:1,10,11
Hagarenes
Genesis 25:12-18, 1 Chronicles 5:10,19,20
Hagarites
Verse 7

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal
Joshua 13:5, Ezekiel 27:9
Verse 8

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Assur
Assur is the same in the original as Asshur, or Assyria.
Genesis 10:11
Asshur
Genesis 25:3
holpen
Heb. been an arm to.
Isaiah 33:2
the children
Genesis 19:37,38, Deuteronomy 2:9
Verse 9

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
as unto
Numbers 31:7,8, Judges 7:22-25, Isaiah 9:4, 10:26
as to Sisera
Judges 4:15-24
of Kison
The variations of Kison and Kishon only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly Kishon.
Judges 5:21
Verse 10

Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
Endor
Joshua 17:11, 1 Samuel 28:7
as dung
2 Kings 9:37, Jeremiah 8:2, 16:4, Zephaniah 1:17
Verse 11

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Oreb
Judges 7:25
Zebah
Judges 8:12-21
Verse 12

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
4, 74:7,8, 2 Chronicles 20:11
Verse 13

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
O my
22:1, 44:4, 74:11,12
like
Isaiah 17:12-14
as the
35:5, 68:1,2, Exodus 15:7, Job 13:25, 21:18, Isaiah 40:24, 41:2, Jeremiah 13:24, Matthew 3:12
Verse 14

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
As the fire
Isaiah 30:33, 33:11,12, 64:1,2, Ezekiel 20:47,48, Malachi 4:1
the flame
Deuteronomy 32:22, Nahum 1:6,10
Verse 15

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
11:6, 50:3, 58:9, Job 9:17, 27:20-23, Isaiah 28:17, 30:30, Ezekiel 13:11-14, Matthew 7:27, Hebrews 12:18
Verse 16

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
6:10, 9:19,20, 34:5
Verse 17

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
35:4,26, 40:14,15, 109:29
Verse 18

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
That men
9:16, 59:13, 1 Kings 18:37, 2 Kings 19:19, Isaiah 5:16, Jeremiah 16:21, Ezekiel 30:19, Ezekiel 38:23
whose
Genesis 22:14, Exodus 6:3, Isaiah 42:8
the most
92:8, Isaiah 54:5, Daniel 4:25,32, Micah 4:13, Zechariah 4:14

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