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Psalm 83

Psa. 83:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
or Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
ρof Asaph
'Acaph (Hebrew #623)
collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
KJV usage: Asaph.
Pronounce: aw-sawf'
Origin: from 622
.>> Keep not thou silence
dmiy (Hebrew #1824)
from 1820; quiet
KJV usage: cutting off, rest, silence.
Pronounce: dem-ee'
Origin: or domiy {dom-ee'}
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: hold not thy peace
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
, and be not still
shaqat (Hebrew #8252)
to repose (usually figurative)
KJV usage: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Pronounce: shaw-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
, O God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-8:  A complaint to God of the enemies' conspiracies.
9-18:  A prayer against them that oppress the Church.
A.M. 3416.
B.C. 588.
(Title.)
A song.Some refer this Psalm to the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.of Asaph.
or, for Asaph. Keep.
Psa. 28:1• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 28:1)
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Psa. 35:22• 22This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. (Psa. 35:22)
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Psa. 44:23• 23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. (Psa. 44:23)
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Psa. 50:3• 3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. (Psa. 50:3)
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Psa. 109:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
 2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. (Psa. 109:1‑2)
be not.
Isa. 42:14• 14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. (Isa. 42:14)
• Book 3. Series 2. The Indignation. The king of the North returns from Egypt. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• In psalm 83 it is the way in which man is guilty of active enmity against God in his hatred against God's people, using craft, conspiracy, and violence to destroy their remembrance off the earth—the result being that Jehovah alone (the God of Israel) is the most high over all the earth; for such is the effect of man's efforts. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 81-84” by J.N. Darby)
• Psalms 83 deals in judgment with the confederated enemies of God’s people who oppose them from without. (“Psalms 83” by H. Smith)
• The silence of God and His non-intervention in the presence of the wickedness of men and the sufferings of His people, is a great test for faith. Nevertheless, faith knows that, in God’s due time, when evil is ripe, God must intervene. (“Psalms 83” by H. Smith)
• Having returned the Lord’s judgment continues. In this psalm His judgment is seen extending (as requested by the remnant, Ps. 82:8) to the confederated nations under the Assyrian who have desolated the land. The judgment executed upon these nations is because of their hatred of God’s earthly people the Jews (vs. 1-8). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O *God: