Psalms 83:1
A Song, — A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
Young's Literal Translation
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 do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
Cross References
Psalms 28:1By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.
Psalms 44:23Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 50:3Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
Isaiah 42:14I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
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 →