Psalm 83:2

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Summary

Psalm 83:2

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

For, lo

That hate

Psalm 81:15

Lifted

Bible References

For, lo

Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?

Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.

Because of your rage against me, your complacency has reached my ears. I'll put my hook into your nostrils and my bit into your mouth. Then I'll turn you back on the road by which you came.'

Your insolence has reached my ears, so I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I'll make you turn back on the road by which you came.

They'll fight against you, but they won't prevail against you, because I am with you," declares the LORD, "to deliver you."

Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."

You said by the Holy Spirit through the voice of our ancestor, your servant David, "Why do the unbelievers rage, and the people devise useless plots?

The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had Paul and Silas stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with rods.

But the Jewish leaders became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

The whole city was in chaos. The people rushed together, grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the Temple, and at once the doors were sealed shut.

Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"

The quarrel was becoming violent, and the tribune was afraid that they would tear Paul to pieces. So he ordered the soldiers to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

That hate

Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent.

Lifted

I will say to the proud, "Don't brag," and to the wicked, "Don't vaunt your strength.

The rivers have flooded, LORD; the rivers have spoken aloud, the rivers have lifted up their crushing waves.

Whom have you insulted and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

But when he became arrogant and his spirit hardened, he was removed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.