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Themes in Psalm 83

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Themes in Psalm 83

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Psalm 83:1 (show verse)

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not remain quiet;

Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:2 (show verse)

For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,
And those who hate You have

exalted themselves.

Hate » Those that hate the lord
Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of pride, &c

Psalm 83:3 (show verse)

They make shrewd plans against Your people,
And conspire together against Your treasured ones.

Hate » Those that hate the lord
Malice » The wicked » Visit saints with

Psalm 83:4 (show verse)

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Edomites, the » Confederated with enemies of israel against jehoshaphat
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Israel » Kings of judah » Persecution of
Jews, the » Called God's people » Persecuted
Persecution » Of the jews

Psalm 83:5 (show verse)

For they have

conspired together with one mind;

Against You they make a covenant:

Alliances » Evil » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
Edomites, the » Confederated with enemies of israel against jehoshaphat
Evil » Alliances » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:6 (show verse)

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites;

Edomites, the » Confederated with enemies of israel against jehoshaphat
Hagar » Descendants of
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Ishmaelites » Enemies to israel
The ishmaelites » Called » Hagarenes
The ishmaelites » Often confederate against israel
Moabites » Always hostile to israel

Psalm 83:7 (show verse)

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Amalekites, the » Confederated against israel
the Ammonites » Confederated against jehoshaphat
Gebal » A district » A district near the dead sea
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Philistines » Always confederated with the enemies of israel
Tyre » Often confederated against the jews and rejoiced in their calamities

Psalm 83:8 (show verse)

Assyria also has joined with them;

They have become a help to the children of Lot.

Selah.

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:9 (show verse)

Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Jabin » Names of two kings of hazor
Kishon » Sisera defeated at, and his army destroyed in
Midianites » Completeness of their destruction, alluded to
Sisera » Captain of a canaanite army, defeated by barak; killed by jael

Psalm 83:10 (show verse)

Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became as dung for the ground.

En-dor » Deborah » Triumphs » Sisera
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Midianites » Completeness of their destruction, alluded to

Psalm 83:11 (show verse)

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Hate » Those that hate the lord
Midianites » Completeness of their destruction, alluded to
Oreb » A prince of midian, overcome by gideon and killed by the ephraimites
Zalmunna » King of midian
Zebah » King of midian
Zeeb » A prince of midian

Psalm 83:12 (show verse)

Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:13 (show verse)

O my God, make them like the

whirling dust,

Like chaff before the wind.

Hate » Those that hate the lord
Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
Wicked people » Compared with » Wheels
Wicked, the, are compared to » Wheels

Psalm 83:14 (show verse)

Like fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:15 (show verse)

So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.

Hate » Those that hate the lord
Wind » Violent » storm

Psalm 83:16 (show verse)

Fill their faces with dishonor,

That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

Hate » Those that hate the lord
Seeking God » Includes seeking » His name

Psalm 83:17 (show verse)

Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:18 (show verse)

That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.

God » Mercy of » Most high
God » Is declared to be » Most high
Unity of God » All should know and acknowledge