Psalms 83:1
A canticle of a psalm for Asaph.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
In Context
2O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.
Cross References
Psalms 28:1A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 44:23Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Psalms 50:3God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
Isaiah 42:14I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.
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 →