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Text -- Psalms 83:1-18 (NET)
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Psalm 83
83:1 A song , a psalm of Asaph . O God , do not be silent ! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive , O God !
83:2 For look , your enemies are making a commotion ; those who hate you are hostile .
83:3 They carefully plot against your people , and make plans to harm the ones you cherish .
83:4 They say , “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation ! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more .”
83:5 Yes , they devise a unified strategy ; they form an alliance against you.
83:6 It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites , Moab and the Hagrites ,
83:7 Gebal , Ammon , and Amalek , Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre .
83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot . (Selah )
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian – as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River !
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor ; their corpses were like manure on the ground .
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb , and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna ,
83:12 who said , “Let’s take over the pastures of God !”
83:13 O my God , make them like dead thistles , like dead weeds blown away by the wind !
83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest , or the flames that consume the mountainsides ,
83:15 chase them with your gale winds , and terrify them with your windstorm .
83:16 Cover their faces with shame , so they might seek you, O Lord .
83:17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified ! May they die in shame !
83:18 Then they will know that you alone are the Lord , the sovereign king over all the earth .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Afflictions and Adversities |
Persecution |
SEPTUAGINT, 2 |
PALESTINE, 3 |
Asaph |
Armies |
Prayer |
Jabin |
JUDGES, PERIOD OF |
Zeeb |
Judgments |
Zebah |
Jehoshaphat, Valley of |
Gebal |
GIDEON |
WHEEL |
Endor |
Oreb |
En-Dor |
Midianite |
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NET Notes -> Psa 83:1; Psa 83:1; Psa 83:2; Psa 83:3; Psa 83:3; Psa 83:3; Psa 83:4; Psa 83:5; Psa 83:5; Psa 83:5; Psa 83:6; Psa 83:6; Psa 83:7; Psa 83:7; Psa 83:8; Psa 83:8; Psa 83:9; Psa 83:9; Psa 83:10; Psa 83:10; Psa 83:11; Psa 83:11; Psa 83:12; Psa 83:12; Psa 83:13; Psa 83:13; Psa 83:14; Psa 83:15; Psa 83:16; Psa 83:16; Psa 83:16; Psa 83:17; Psa 83:17; Psa 83:18; Psa 83:18; Psa 83:18
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NET Notes: Psa 83:2 Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg...
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NET Notes: Psa 83:3 The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “trea...
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NET Notes: Psa 83:9 The psalmist alludes here to Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (see Judg 7-8) and to Barak’s victory over Jabin’s army, which was...
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NET Notes: Psa 83:10 Heb “they were manure.” In addition to this passage, corpses are compared to manure in 2 Kgs 9:37; Jer 8:2; 9:21; 16:4; 25:33.
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NET Notes: Psa 83:11 Zebah and Zalmunna were the Midianite kings. Gideon captured them and executed them (Judg 8:1-21).
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NET Notes: Psa 83:17 Heb “may they be ashamed and perish.” The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist concludes his ...
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