Psalms83

Psalm 83 is an urgent prayer by Asaph, imploring God to break His silence and act against a confederacy of nations plotting to destroy Israel and erase its name. The psalmist calls upon God to defeat these enemies with the same decisive power He displayed against past foes like the Midianites and Sisera. The ultimate aim is for God's adversaries to be shamed, or for all to acknowledge JEHOVAH as the Most High over all the earth.

The Psalmist Cries for God's Intervention

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A song, or Psalme committed to Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: bee not still, and cease not, O God.
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For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.

The Conspiracy Against God's People

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They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones.
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They haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.
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For they haue consulted together in heart, and haue made a league against thee:

The Alliance of Enemy Nations

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The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Agarims:
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Gebal and Ammon, and Amalech, the Philistims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:
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Asshur also is ioyned with them: they haue bene an arme to the children of Lot. Selah.

Prayer for Judgment Based on Past Acts

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Doe thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Sisera and as to Iabin at the riuer of Kishon.
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They perished at En-dor, and were dung for the earth.
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Make them, euen their princes like Oreb and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmuna.
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Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitations of God.

The Ultimate Goal: God's Sovereignty Revealed

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O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.
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As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:
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So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraide with thy storme.
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Fill their faces with shame, that they may seeke thy Name, O Lord.
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Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame and perish,
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That they may knowe that thou, which art called Iehouah, art alone, euen the most High ouer all the earth.
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