Psalms 83:4
(83-5) 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.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
5(83-6) For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
Cross References
Joshua 9:2that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Esther 3:6But it seemed contemptible in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Jeremiah 31:36If these ordinances depart from before Me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me for ever.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device;
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 →