“Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.”
An unexpected enemy appears: "Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot." The mention of Assyria—a major imperial power—indicates that the threat has reached significant proportions. The phrase "strong arm of the children of Lot" (Ammon and Moab) suggests that Assyria has become the military muscle backing the eastern coalition.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:8
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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