Psalms 83:2
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult, and those who hate thee have lifted up the head.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
In Context
1O God, keep thou not silence. Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
3They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together against thy hidden ones.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou came.
Psalms 74:4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly. They have set up their ensigns for signs.
Psalms 75:4I said to the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their waves.
Isaiah 17:12Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas, and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
Isaiah 37:29Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou came.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 83:2-9
Complaints against Enemies. 1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 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. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of… Read the whole commentary →