Psalms 83

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 83 of 150

¹ A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God do not keep silence to Yourself; do not be speechless; yea, do not be still, O God.

² For behold, Your enemies are roaring; and those who hate You have lifted up their head.

³ They take shrewd counsel against Your people; they plot against Your hidden ones.

Chapter Summary

A complaint to Jehovah about a conspiracy to destroy Israel. A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

בְּרִית covenant, alliance H1285 · TWOT 282a

יָעַץ plot, take counsel H3289 · TWOT 887

סוֹד shrewd counsel H5475 · TWOT 1471a

אָיַב enemy H341 · TWOT 78

בּוֹשׁ be ashamed H954 · TWOT 222

עֶלְיוֹן Most High H5945 · TWOT 1624h

Asaph

Levite chief musician named in the heading as author of this imprecatory psalm.

Sisera

Canaanite commander whose defeat at the Kishon (v.9) is invoked as a precedent for judgment.

Jabin

Canaanite king crushed at the torrent Kishon (v.9), cited as a model of divine downfall.

Oreb

Midianite prince (v.11) whose fall the psalmist asks God to repeat on the conspirators' nobles.

Zebah

Midianite king (v.11) named as a precedent for the destruction of the enemy rulers.

Zalmunna

Midianite king (v.11) paired with Zebah as a warning of God's vengeance on the rulers.

The Enemy Conspiracy

Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, Assyria, and others plot together to cut Israel off from being a nation.

Psalms 83:4-8

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