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, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
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For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

The Conspiracy Against God's People

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Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
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They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
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For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

The Alliance of Enemy Nations

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Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
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Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
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Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

Prayer for Judgment Based on Past Acts

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Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the stream Kishon.
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They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
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Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
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Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

The Ultimate Goal: God's Sovereignty Revealed

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O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
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As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
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So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
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Fill their faces with shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
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They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.
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And they know that Thou--(Thy name is Jehovah--by Thyself,) Art the Most High over all the earth!
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