Psalms 83:1
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah, concerning the winepresses. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
In Context
2How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 1
Cross References
Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. 1 Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, 1 Bring to the Lord young rams; 1 Bring to the Lord glory and honor. 1
Psalms 50:3Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; 1 And according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression. 1
Isaiah 42:14I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear? I have endured like a travailing woman: I will now amaze and wither 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 →