Psalms 83:2
(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
In Context
3(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because of thy raging against Me, and for that thy tumult is come up into Mine ears, therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, and My bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Psalms 74:4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.
Psalms 75:4(75-5) I say unto the arrogant: 'Deal not arrogantly'; and to the wicked: 'Lift not up the horn.'
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
Isaiah 17:12Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
Isaiah 37:29Because of thy raging against Me, and for that thine uproar is come up into Mine ears, therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, and My bridle in 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 →