Psalms 83:1
(83-1) A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. (83-2) O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
In Context
2(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
Cross References
Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 44:23(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
Psalms 50:3Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.
Isaiah 42:14I have long time held My peace, I have been still, and refrained Myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman, gasping and panting 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 →