“That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.”
The final petition: "that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth!" The conversion of enemies to the knowledge of God's supremacy becomes the ultimate purpose of judgment. The recognition of God's unrivaled authority over all creation is the goal toward which the entire prayer is directed.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:18
1. Of this Psalm the title is, “A song of a Psalm of Asaph.” We have already often said what is the interpretation of Asaph, that is, congregation. That man, therefore, who was called Asaph, is named in representation of the congregation of God's people in the titles of many Psalms. But in Greek, congregation is called synagogue, which has come to be held for a kind of proper name for the Jewish people, that it should be called The Synagogue; even as the Christian people is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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