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Verse Psalms 83:2. _THINE ENEMIES MAKE A TUMULT_] They are not merely
the enemies of _thy people_, but they are the enemies of _thyself_,
thy worship, ordinances, and laws: "They make a tumult," they...
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FOR, LO, THINE ENEMIES MAKE A TUMULT - Are excited; are aroused; are
moving in a wild, furious, tumultuous manner, rushing on to the
accomplishment of their designs. They come like rolling waves of th...
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Psalms 83
The Final Enemies Overthrown
_ 1. The enemies in confederacy (Psalms 83:1)_
2. Their complete defeat and fate (Psalms 83:9)
Elsewhere in prophecy we read of the confederacies of nations,...
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LXXXIII. The date can be fixed with a near approach to certainty. The
clue is furnished by 1 Maccabees 5. The victories of Judas Maccabæ us
and the cleansing of the Temple in 165 B.C. (p. 607) were fo...
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MAKE. TUMULT. roar like the waves of the sea, as in Psalms 46:3.
LIFTED UP THE HEAD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct),
for acting presumptuously. Compare Psalms 3:3; Psalms 27:6;...
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PSALMS 83
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
An Appeal to God for Deliverance from an Impending Invasion.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 83:1-4, Israel's Enemies described as the Enemies of
Godtheir Destructive Designs...
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For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
FOR, LO, THINE ENEMIES MAKE A TUMULT. God's people rightly remind
their Father that the invade are not merely...
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This Ps. describes a confederacy of God's enemies, the object of which
is to attack and exterminate Israel (Psalms 83:2). A list of the
allies is given (Psalms 83:6). The Psalmist appeals to God to
in...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
ENEMIES ALL ROUND US!
PSALMS 83
Jesus said, "I am sending you like sheep into a group of wolves. So,
be as clever as snakes but, like the dove, do not hurt anybod...
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MAKE A TUMULT. — Literally, _roar like the sea._ So (correctly) LXX.
and Vulg. (See Psalms 46:3.)...
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_[Psalms 83:3]_ כִּֽי ־הִנֵּ֣ה אֹ֭ויְבֶיךָ
יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּ֝...
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Psalms 83:1
THIS psalm is a cry for help against a world in arms. The failure of
all attempts to point to a period when all the allies here represented
as confederate against Israel were or could have...
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“THE MOST HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH”
Psalms 83:1
This psalm was composed on the occasion described in 2 Chronicles
20:1, where we learn that at a great crisis the Spirit of God came on
Jahaziel, one of...
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The psalmist has a vision of the confederacy of all the enemies of the
people of God. This he describes as to its process, it constitution,
and its purpose. They have taken counsel together with the a...
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For, lo, thine (b) enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
(b) He calls them God's enemies, who are enemies of his Church....
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Do, Reader, remark the expression; the Lord's hidden ones. As Christ
himself is said to be hid in the Father's shadow, in his hand, and in
his quiver, Isaiah 49:2; so Christ's little ones are said to...
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2_For, behold! thy enemies are tumultuous. _As an argument for
enforcing the prayer of the preceding verse, it is affirmed that the
faithful are oppressed both by the impetuous violence and the crafty...
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Psalms 83 requires only to call attention to its subject. It is the
last confederacy of the nations surrounding Canaan, with Assur helping
them. At the close of the psalm, though the cry be to God as...
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FOR, LO, THINE ENEMIES MAKE A TUMULT,.... Or "a noise" d: wicked men
are commonly noisy, roaring out their blasphemies against God,
belching out oaths and curses, and breathing threatenings and
slaugh...
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For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
Ver. 2. _For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult_] _Concurrunt magno
impetu, conatu, et ardore,_ Thine, because our...
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_Keep not thou silence, O God_ Plead for us, not by words, but by thy
actions; _hold not thy peace_ Hebrew, אל תחרשׁ, _al techeresh:
be not deaf_, to our prayers, and to the blasphemies of thine and o...
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A PRAYER FOR HELP AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH.
A song or psalm of Asaph, the last of his twelve hymns in the psalter,
picturing the craft and rage of the enemies and invoking God's speedy
destr...
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For, lo, Thine enemies (the enemies of the Church are God's enemies)
MAKE A TUMULT; AND THEY THAT HATE THEE HAVE LIFTED UP THE HEAD, in
haughty pride and arrogance....
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1-8 Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment
of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here.
All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecut...
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THINE ENEMIES; they are not only enemies to us thy people, but also to
thy will, and name, and glory. MAKE A TUMULT; or, _make a tumultuous
noise_, both with their tongues reproaching thee and threate...
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Psalms 83:2 enemies H341 (H8802) tumult H1993 (H8799) hate H8130
(H8764) up H5375 (H8804) head...
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This is a Psalm that is not often read, and very seldom expounded, I
should think. According to the title, it is «A Song or Psalm of
Asaph.» Asaph is one of a little group of poets who flourished side...
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CONTENTS: An appeal to God's jealousy for His cause and prayer for
defeat of enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph, Sisera, Zeeb, Jabin, Oreb.
CONCLUSION: We cannot but be zealous against those who federat...
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This psalm bears the style and character of Asaph's composition. It
has been referred to the time of Hezekiah, when Sennacherib came up
against Judea; but he came equally against Egypt, and all the ni...
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_Keep not Thou silence, O God: hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O
God._
AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN
I. A lamentable social scene (Psalms 83:2). The scene is that of men
in tumultuous hostility both to...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 83:1. This is a community lament,
responding to a situation in which God’s people are threatened by
Gentile enemies (vv. Psalms 83:6) who aim
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INTRODUCTION
This is the last of the Psalms of Asaph. If the Psalm refers to the
times of Jehoshaphat, the author was probably “Jahaziel, a Levite of
the sons of Asaph,” upon whom “came the Spirit of...
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EXPOSITION
THE psalmist makes a passionate appeal to God on behalf of Israel at a
time of great danger. A confederacy has been formed among the
surrounding nations, having for its object the destructi...
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Psa 83:1-18 is a psalm where he is speaking out of the calamities that
the enemies have brought upon them and asking for God's deliverance as
He had in their past history. Asking God to work, "O God,...
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2 Kings 19:28; Acts 16:22; Acts 17:5; Acts 19:28; Acts 21:30;...