Psalm 83:2

Prayer Against Enemies

¹ A song. A psalm of Asaph.God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.
² See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.
³ They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.

Lifted Up

Thine Enemies

Psalm 81:15

Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.

Judges 8:28

So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land was peaceful 40 years during the days of Gideon.

2 Kings 19:28

Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.

Psalm 2:1-2

Why do the nations rebel
and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 74:4

Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where You met with us.
They set up their emblems as signs.

Psalm 74:23

Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries,
the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly.

Psalm 75:4-5

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

Psalm 93:3

The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.

Isaiah 17:12

Ah! The roar of many peoples—
they roar like the roaring of the seas.
The raging of the nations—
they rage like the raging of mighty waters.

Isaiah 37:23

Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed?
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 37:29

Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you but never prevail over you, since I am with you to rescue you.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Daniel 5:20-23

But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”

Acts 4:25-27

You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant:

Why did the Gentiles rage
and the peoples plot futile things?

Acts 16:22

Then the mob joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.

Acts 19:28-41

When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 21:30

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple complex, and at once the gates were shut.

Acts 22:22

They listened to him up to this word. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this person off the earth—it’s a disgrace for him to live!”

Acts 23:10

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, rescue him from them, and bring him into the barracks.