📖 Psalms — Chapter 83 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Psalms 83:1 RKeep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalms 83:2 RFor, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Psalms 83:3 RThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
Psalms 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Psalms 83:5 RFor they have consulted together with one Tconsent: they are confederate against thee:
Psalms 83:6 The tabernacles of REdom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Psalms 83:7 RGebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Psalms 83:8 RAssur also is joined with them: they have Tholpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Psalms 83:9 Do unto them Ras unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Psalms 83:10 Which perished at REndor: they became as dung for the earth.
Psalms 83:11 Make their nobles like ROreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Psalms 83:12 RWho said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Psalms 83:13 RO my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Psalms 83:14 RAs the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
Psalms 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Psalms 83:16 RFill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Psalms 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms 83:18 RThat men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 83:1–4 — Bring threatened destruction to God
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The psalm asks God to act when enemies conspire to erase Israel’s national existence and remembrance. It names the danger plainly and directs the cry to God. The passage helps readers recognize communal fear without treating every disagreement as a threat of this kind.
Key Truth: Bring real danger honestly before God.
Check What You Remember
1. What does the opening ask God not to keep? (Psalms 83:1)
Find it in Psalms 83:1 (KJV).
2. Against whom have enemies taken crafty counsel? (Psalms 83:3)
Find it in Psalms 83:3 (KJV).
3. What nation do they want forgotten? (Psalms 83:4)
Find it in Psalms 83:4 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 83:5–12 — A coalition and remembered deliverance
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The prayer names allied enemies and recalls earlier defeats of Midian and the forces of Sisera and Jabin. Past deliverance becomes the basis for a present appeal. The listed peoples belong to the psalm’s historical setting; the list should not be repurposed as a prediction about present-day neighbors.
Key Truth: Remember God’s help while praying about present threats.
Check What You Remember
1. What people are named first in verse 6? (Psalms 83:6)
Find it in Psalms 83:6 (KJV).
2. What power joined them in verse 8? (Psalms 83:8)
Find it in Psalms 83:8 (KJV).
3. At what brook is the earlier battle recalled? (Psalms 83:9)
Find it in Psalms 83:9 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 83:13–18 — Judgment entrusted to the Most High
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Images of wind, fire, and storm express a plea for God to overturn hostile power. The prayer asks that shame bring enemies to seek God’s name and that people recognize his supremacy over the earth. Its judgment language is a petition to God, not permission for private revenge.
Key Truth: Entrust judgment to God and seek recognition of his name.
Check What You Remember
1. Before what should the stubble be driven? (Psalms 83:13)
Find it in Psalms 83:13 (KJV).
2. What should the shamed enemies seek? (Psalms 83:16)
Find it in Psalms 83:16 (KJV).
3. What name is expressly given in verse 18? (Psalms 83:18)
Find it in Psalms 83:18 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Romans 12:19 — Believers are instructed to leave vengeance to God.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
How can you pray honestly about harm while leaving vengeance in God’s hands?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Why does the opening ask God not to be still?
2. What is the conspiracy’s intended effect on remembrance?
3. How does recalling earlier defeats support the petition?
4. How do wind and fire describe the requested reversal?
5. What purpose beyond humiliation appears in the ending?
Notes
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