Psalms 83:1

Psalm 83 ¹ 

A song, a psalm of Asaph.

83:1 O God, do not be silent!

Do not ignore us! ²  Do not be inactive, O God!

Psalms 27:9

27:9 Do not reject me! ³ 

Do not push your servant away in anger!

You are my deliverer! ⁴ 

Do not forsake or abandon me,

O God who vindicates me!

[83:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated.

[83:1]  ² tn Heb “do not be deaf.”

[27:9]  ³ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[27:9]  ⁴ tn Or “[source of] help.”