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Psalm 83

Psa. 83:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For, lo, thine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
make aw tumult
hamah (Hebrew #1993)
to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: haw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949)
: and they that hate
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
thee have lifted up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
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Isa. 37:29• 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest. (Isa. 37:29)

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For, lo.
Psa. 2:1‑2• 1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:1‑2)
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Psa. 74:4,23• 4Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs for signs.
 23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. (Psa. 74:4,23)
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2 Kings 19:28• 28Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest. (2 Kings 19:28)
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Isa. 37:29• 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest. (Isa. 37:29)
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Jer. 1:19• 19And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee. (Jer. 1:19)
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Matt. 27:24• 24And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see *ye* to it. (Matt. 27:24)
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Acts 4:25‑27• 25who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?
 26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
 27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city (Acts 4:25‑27)
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Acts 16:22• 22And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them. (Acts 16:22)
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Acts 17:5• 5But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; (Acts 17:5)
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Acts 19:28‑41• 28And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
 29And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
 30But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
 31and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
 32Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
 33But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
 34But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
 35And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the image which fell down from heaven?
 36These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.
 37For ye have brought these men, who are neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
 38If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who are with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
 39But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
 40For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this affair of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
 41And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly. (Acts 19:28‑41)
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Acts 21:30• 30And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)
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Acts 22:22• 22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live. (Acts 22:22)
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Acts 23:10• 10And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress. (Acts 23:10)
that hate.
Psa. 81:15• 15The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever. (Psa. 81:15)
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Psa. 75:4‑5• 4I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
 5Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a stiff neck. (Psa. 75:4‑5)
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Psa. 93:3• 3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves. (Psa. 93:3)
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Isa. 37:23• 23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high. (Isa. 37:23)
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Dan. 5:20‑23• 20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
 21and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
 22And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;
 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:20‑23)
• The enemies of God, taking occasion by His long suffering and silence, raise their voice against God and exalt themselves. (“Psalms 83” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.