Psalm 83
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Chapter summary
The last Asaph psalm: 'O God, keep not thou silence.' A ten-nation confederacy (Edom, Ishmael, Moab, the Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre, Assyria), consults 'against thy hidden ones,' saying, 'Let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.' Do as at Midian, as to Sisera at the Kishon.
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Chapter summary
The last Asaph psalm: 'O God, keep not thou silence.' A ten-nation confederacy (Edom, Ishmael, Moab, the Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre, Assyria), consults 'against thy hidden ones,' saying, 'Let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.' Do as at Midian, as to Sisera at the Kishon.
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The last Asaph psalm: 'O God, keep not thou silence.' A ten-nation confederacy (Edom, Ishmael, Moab, the Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre, Assyria), consults 'against thy hidden ones,' saying, 'Let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.' Do as at Midian, as to Sisera at the Kishon. Fill their faces with confusion, 'that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah… that they may know that thou alone, whose name is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth.'
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview
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