Psalms 83:1
A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
In Context
2\83:1\O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
Cross References
Psalms 28:1Of David. My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.
Psalms 44:23\44:22\Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
Psalms 50:3Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.
Isaiah 42:14I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 83:1
This psalm is the last of those that go under the name of Asaph. It is penned, as most of those, upon a public account, with reference to the insults of the church's enemies, who sought its ruin. Some think it was penned upon occasion of the threatening descent which was made upon the land of Judah in Jehoshaphat's time by the Moabites and Ammonites, those children of Lot here spoken of ( ver. 8 ), who were at the head of the alliance and to whom all the other states here mentioned were auxiliaries. We have the… Read the whole commentary →