Psalms 83:1
“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! keep not silence! Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
In Context
2For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
Cross References
Psalms 28:1“A psalm of David.” To thee do I cry, O LORD! O my rock! be not silent to me, Lest, if thou answer me not, I become like those who go down to the pit!
Psalms 44:23Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
Psalms 50:3Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.
Isaiah 42:14“I have long held my peace; I have been still and refrained myself; But now will I cry like a woman in travail; I will destroy and swallow up 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 →