Psalms 83:1
שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָֽף ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
In Context
2אֱלֹהִים אַל ־ דֳּמִי ־ לָךְ אַל ־ תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל ־ תִּשְׁקֹט אֵֽל ׃
Cross References
Psalms 28:1לְדָוִד אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה ׀ אֶקְרָא צוּרִי אַֽל ־ תֶּחֱרַשׁ מִמֶּנִּי פֶּן ־ תֶּֽחֱשֶׁה מִמֶּנִּי וְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִם ־ יוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר ׃
Psalms 44:23כִּֽי ־ עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל ־ הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָֽה ׃
Psalms 50:3יָבֹא אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְֽאַל ־ יֶחֱרַשׁ אֵשׁ ־ לְפָנָיו תֹּאכֵל וּסְבִיבָיו נִשְׂעֲרָה מְאֹֽד ׃
Isaiah 42:14הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מֵֽעוֹלָם אַחֲרִישׁ אֶתְאַפָּק כַּיּוֹלֵדָה אֶפְעֶה אֶשֹּׁם וְאֶשְׁאַף יָֽחַד ׃
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 →