Psalm 83 Commentary
…Do Not Keep Silent, O God
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KEY THOUGHT: That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth. [Psalm 83:18 NKJV]
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Psalm 83 NKJV
Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel
A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
83 Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
2 For behold, Your enemies make a [a]tumult;
And those who hate You have [b]lifted up their head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
5 For they have consulted together with one [c]consent;
They [d]form a confederacy against You:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
9 Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
10 Who perished at En Dor,
Who became as refuse on the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be [e]confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
Footnotes
a. Psalm 83:2 uproar
b. Psalm 83:2 Exalted themselves
c. Psalm 83:5 Lit. heart
d. Psalm 83:5 Lit. cut a covenant
e. Psalm 83:17 ashamed
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 83 Commentary
The psalmist references several high points from the rich history of the nation. It’s a history of God’s victory over Israel’s enemies.
Then comes the petition. “Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name.”
Of course, don’t think of evangelism when the psalmist thinks of the enemy seeking God’s name. During this time, men and women would follow whichever god produced the greatest premiums!
The New Testament has a different focus. There is a cost to following Israel’s God. Check it. Assess it. Then decide if it makes sense for you to follow Jesus!
Yet, a prayer for relief from trouble isn’t at all bad. But when laced with selfishness and an ambition exclusively designed to elevate the saint above his or her enemies, such a prayer becomes bad.
At times, we pray against our enemies simply because we feel we don’t have their success, what we have come to consider as success.
Prayers motivated by vanity are always bad.
Listen to your own prayer and subject it to a critical analysis. Yes, you want relief from trouble. But is it for its own sake, or is vanity the main motivation?
“Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord – that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”
This would be an important ending to any spiritual warfare.
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