Psalms 83:2
For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
In Context
1“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! keep not silence! Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God!
3For they form secret plots against thy people, And consult together against thy chosen ones.
Cross References
Psalms 74:4Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
Psalms 75:4I say to the proud, Behave not proudly! To the wicked, Lift not up your horn!
Psalms 93:3The floods, O LORD! lift up, The floods lift up their voice; The floods lift up their roaring!
Isaiah 17:12Alas! a tumult of many nations! They rage with the raging of the sea. Alas! a roaring of kingdoms! They roar with the roaring of mighty waters.
Isaiah 37:29Because thy rage against me, and thy insolence, is come up into my ears, I will put my ring into thy nose, And my bridle into thy lips, And turn thee back by the way in 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 →