Psalms 83:2
For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
In Context
1{A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
3They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
Psalms 74:4Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
Psalms 75:4I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
Isaiah 17:12Ha! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas; and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.
Isaiah 37:29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
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 →