“Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;”
More coalition members are listed: "Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre." The addition of further enemies (Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre) creates a comprehensive picture of Israel surrounded by hostility from all directions. The list suggests a coordinated assault rather than isolated attacks.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:7
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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