Psalms 83
18 verses
Psalm 83 is a communal lament praying against coalition of enemies threatening Israel's security and appealing to divine protection, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 3. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
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For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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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.
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For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
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The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
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Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
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Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
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Which perished at En–dor: they became as dung for the earth.
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Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
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Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
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O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
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As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
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So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
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Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
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Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
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That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
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