Psalms 83:1 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 83:1

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

KJV

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ASV

O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

WEB

O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

YLT

A Song, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

DBT

OGod, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, OGod:

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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20 verses on the floor

Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Psalms 28:1
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 109:1
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms 35:22
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

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To God's justice and jealousy, both for his church and for his own honour, by an earnest prayer for the defeat of their attempt, that the church might be preserved, the enemies humbled, and God glorified,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

"Lord," says he, "they are thy enemies, and they hate thee." All wicked people are God's enemies (the carnal mind is enmity against God ), but especially wicked persecutors; they hated the religious worshippers of God, because they hated God's holy religion and the worship of him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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