Psalm 83:2

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 83:1-18

Psalms 83:0 The Final Enemies Overthrown 1. The enemies in confederacy (Psalms 83:1-8 ) 2. Their complete defeat and fate (Psalms 83:9-18 ) Elsewhere in prophecy we read of the confederacies of nations, Israel’s enemies, coming against the land of Israel in a final great onslaught. There will be an invasion from the north mentioned in Isaiah 29:1-24 ; Joel 2:1-32 ; Daniel 8:9-12 , and in Zechariah 12:2 . Then there will also be Gog and Magog invading the land (Ezekiel 38:1-23 , etc.). It... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 83:2

83:2 For, lo, thine {b} enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.(b) He calls them God’s enemies, who are enemies of his Church. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:1-18

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 83:2-3

Do, Reader, remark the expression; the Lord's hidden ones. As Christ himself is said to be hid in the Father's shadow, in his hand, and in his quiver, Isaiah 49:2 ; so Christ's little ones are said to be hidden when the wicked rise; Proverbs 28:12 . Hence the prophet describes Christ as a hiding place to his people; and the Psalmist sweetly considers Christ in this light; Isaiah 32:2 ; Psalms 32:7 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:1-8

1-8 Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them not. He takes them under his special protection. Do the enemies of the church act with one consent to destroy it, and shall not the friends of the church be united? Wicked men wish that there might be no religion among mankind. They... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 83:1-18

A Prayer for Help against the Enemies of the Church. A song or psalm of Asaph, the last of his twelve hymns in the psalter, picturing the craft and rage of the enemies and invoking God's speedy destruction upon them. v. 1. Keep not Thou silence, content with resting, with being an idle spectator, O God; hold not Thy peace and be not still, O God, that is, inactive while such great dangers were threatening. v. 2. For, lo, Thine enemies (the enemies of the Church are God's enemies) make a... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 83:1-18

Psalms 83:0A Song or Psalm of Asaph2 Keep not thou silence, O God:Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.3 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult:And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.4 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,And consulted against thy hidden ones.5 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.6 For they have consulted together with one consentThey are... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 83:1-18

“The Most High over All the Earth” Psalms 83:1-18 This psalm was composed on the occasion described in 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 , where we learn that at a great crisis the Spirit of God came on Jahaziel, one of the sons of Asaph, Psalms 83:14 . It was written to be sung before the battle, in anticipation of certain victory. The Levites chanted it, with a loud voice on high, as Jehoshaphat’s army marched out against the great confederacy of nations, which threatened the very existence of Israel.... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 83:1-18

The psalmist has a vision of the confederacy of all the enemies of the people of God. This he describes as to its process, it constitution, and its purpose. They have taken counsel together with the avowed purpose of the annihilation of the very first part of the psalm ends (vv. Psa 83:1-8 ). The song then becomes a prayer definitely for the destruction of this confederacy, and the confusion of its purpose. Past victories are referred to, and in a strong and overwhelming sense of peril the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:1-18

LXXXIII. The date can be fixed with a near approach to certainty. The clue is furnished by 1 Maccabees 5. The victories of Judas Maccabæ us and the cleansing of the Temple in 165 B.C. (p. 607) were followed by a general uprising of the neighbouring States, which were jealous of Judah and bent on hindering its national revival. So far as we know, no simultaneous attack of this kind had ever occurred before or ever occurred again. But the political situation exactly corresponds to that here... read more