Psalms 83:2
For see! Your enemies roar, those who hate you lift up their heads,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
In Context
1Do not keep silent, O God: hold not your peace, be not still, God.
3laying crafty plans for your people, and plotting against those you treasure.
Cross References
Psalms 74:4Like lions your enemies roared through your house, replacing our symbols by signs of their own,
Psalms 75:4I say to the boasters, “Boast not”; to the wicked, “Lift not up your horn:
Psalms 93:3The floods, O Lord, have lifted, the floods have lifted their voice, the floods lift up their roar.
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 →