Psalms 83:2
O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
In Context
1A canticle of a psalm for Asaph.
3For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Thou hast been mad against me, and thy pride hath come up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way, by which thou camest.
Psalms 74:4And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
Psalms 75:4The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,
Isaiah 17:12Woe to the multitude of many people, like the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters.
Isaiah 37:29When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee 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 →