of Asaph: or, for Asaph
be not: Isaiah 42:14
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Psalms 83:1
Psalms 83:1
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Psalms 83 — OverviewPsalms 83 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis 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…Psalms 83 — OverviewPsalms 83 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 83:1, A complaint to God of the enemies’ conspiracies; Psalms 83:9, A prayer against them that oppress the Church. Some refer this Psalm to the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction of…Psalms 83 — OverviewPsalms 83 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSong [or] Psalm of Asaph. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of David's smiting the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites, and others, 2Sa…Psalms 83:1-8Psalms 83:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and
yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not
unseasonable, no, not when the harps are hung upon the willow-trees.…Psalms 83:1Psalms 83:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryKeep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. A crisis has come which calls for the Divine interference. If his people are to be saved, God must no longer sit still. Compare the frequent…Psalms 83:1Psalms 83:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe mission of the Divine silence.
The occasion of the psalm is clearly some time of national peril from a confederacy of foes. The special distress is that, while the national enemies are vigorously active, God, the…