Psalms 83
1 A complaint to God of the enemies' conspiracies.
9 A prayer against them that oppress the Church.
song <07892> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. (Title.) A song.]
Some refer this Psalm to the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
Asaph <0623> [of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
silent <01824> [Keep.]
be inactive <08252> [be not.]
enemies <0341> [For, lo.]
hate <08130> [that hate.]
hostile <05375> [lifted.]
carefully <06191> [They.]
cherish <06845> [thy hidden.]
devise <03289> [For.]
strategy <03820> [consent. Heb. heart. they are.]
tents <0168> [The tabernacles.]
Tents are mentioned because it was the custom of these people, particularly the Ishmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to the present day.
Edom <0123> [Edom.]
Hagrites <01905> [Hagarenes.]
[Hagarites.]
Gebal <01381> [Gebal.]
Assyria <0804> [Assur.]
Assur is the same in the original as Asshur, or Assyria.
[Asshur.]
strength <02220> [holpen. Heb. been an arm to.]
descendants <01121> [the children.]
Midian <04080> [as unto.]
Sisera <05516> [as to Sisera.]
Kishon <07028> [of Kison.]
The variations of Kison and Kishon only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly Kishon.
Endor <05874> [Endor.]
manure <01828> [as dung.]
Oreb <06159> [Oreb.]
Zebah <02078> [Zebah.]
God <0430> [O my.]
dead thistles <01534> [like.]
dead weeds <07179> [as the.]
fire <0784> [As the fire.]
flames <03852> [the flame.]
know <03045> [That men.]
Lord <08034> [whose.]
sovereign <05945> [the most.]
