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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.God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:2 (show verse)

See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.

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

Psalm 83:3 (show verse)

They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.

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

Psalm 83:4 (show verse)

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

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 with one mind;
they form an alliance against You—

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, 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)

Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.

Selah

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:9 (show verse)

Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.

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)

They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure 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 tribal leaders 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 seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:13 (show verse)

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw 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)

As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,

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)

Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.

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

Psalm 83:17 (show verse)

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.

Hate » Those that hate the lord

Psalm 83:18 (show verse)

May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
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