Psalm 83:3-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 83:1-8

The Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not unseasonable, no, not when the harps are hung upon the willow-trees. I. The psalmist here begs of God to appear on the behalf of his injured threatened people (Ps. 83:1): ?Keep not thou silence, O God! but give judgment for us against those that do us an apparent wrong.? Thus Jehoshaphat prayed upon occasion of that invasion (2 Chron. 20:11), Behold,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:3

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people ,.... The people of Israel, hereafter named, whom God had chosen and avouched to be his people; these they dealt subtlety with, as the king of Egypt had done with their forefathers; and this, agreeably to their character, being the seed of the old serpent, more subtle than any of the beasts of the field; these devised cunning devices, formed crafty schemes for the destruction of the Lord's people; but often so it is, that the wise are taken... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:4

They have said ,.... Secretly in their hearts, or openly to one another, and gave it out in the most public manner, as what they had consulted and determined upon; see Psalm 74:8 , come, and let us cut them off from being a nation ; they were not content to invade their country, take their cities, plunder them of their substance, and carry them captives, but utterly to destroy them, root and branch; so that they might be no more a body politic, under rule and government, in their own... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:5

For they have consulted together with one consent ,.... Or "heart" F5 לב "corde", Pagninus, Montanus; "ex corde", Tigurine version, Musculus, Gejerus; "cordicitus", Cocceius. ; wicked men are cordial to one another, and united in their counsels against the people of God, and his interest: whatever things they may disagree in, they agree in this, to oppose the cause and interest of true religion, or to persecute the church and people of God: Herod and Pontius Pilate are instances of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:6

The tabernacles of Edom , &c.; Or the Idumeans, as the Targum; the posterity of Esau, who, with the rest that joined with them, hereafter mentioned, and made the confederate army, brought their tents with them, pitched them, and encamped in them against Israel: and the Ishmaelites ; or Arabians, as the Targum, who descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham: of Moab, and the Hagarenes ; the Moabites, who sprung from Lot by one of his daughters, in an incestuous way; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:7

Gebal ,.... Gubleans, or Gebalites, as the Targum; the same with Giblites, Joshua 23:5 , or men of Gebal, Ezekiel 27:9 the same with Byblus: these dwelt in Phoenicia, near Tyre, where Pliny F7 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 20. makes mention of a place called Gabale: the Syriac version joins it with Ammon, and renders it "the border of Ammon": and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre ; these are well known in Scripture, and as the enemies of Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:3

Consulted against thy hidden ones - צפוניך tsephuneycha , Thy hidden things; places; persons. "The hidden things in thy treasures." - Chaldee. "Thy holy ones." - Syriac. "Thy saints." - Vulgate and Septuagint; and so the Ethiopic and Arabic. The people of Israel are probably meant. Or perhaps the temple, the ark, and the treasures of the temple, are intended. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:4

Let us cut them off - Let us exterminate the whole race, that there may not be a record of them on the face of the earth. And their scheme was well laid: eight or ten different nations united themselves in a firm bond to do this; and they had kept their purpose so secret that the king of Judah does not appear to have heard of it till his territories were actually invaded, and the different bodies of this coalition had assembled at En-gedi. Never was Judah before in greater danger. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:5

They have consulted together with one consent - With a united heart, יחדו לב leb yachdav , Their heart and soul are in the work. They are confederate against thee - " They have made a covenant," יכריתו ברית berith yachrithu , "they have cut the covenant sacrifice." They have slain an animal, divided him in twain, and passed between the pieces of the victim; and have thus bound themselves to accomplish their purpose. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:6

The tabernacles of Edom - The tents of these different people are seen in the grand encampment. Tents are probably mentioned because it seas the custom of some of these people, particularly the lshmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; having no fixed habitation, but always abiding in tents. Their posterity remain to the present day, and act and live in the same manner. Hagarenes - These people dwelt on the east of Gilead; and were nearly destroyed in the days of Saul, being... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 83:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 83:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 83:6

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