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Psa. 83:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

For, lo, thine enemies make aw tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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 have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
²The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:1‑2)

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Psa. 74:4,23• ⁴Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thy place of assembly:{HR}They have set their signs [for] signs.
²³Forget not the voice of thine adversaries:{HR}The tumult of those that rise up against thee goeth up continually. (Psa. 74:4,23)

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2 Kings 19:28• ²⁸{i}Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears,{HR}I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips,{HR}And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.{/i} (2 Kings 19:28)

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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• ²⁴{i}And 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].{/i} (Matt. 27:24)

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Acts 4:25‑27• ²⁵who by [the] Holy Spirit, [by the] mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did Gentiles rage and peoples meditate vain things?
²⁶The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed.
²⁷For of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered, (Acts 4:25‑27)

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Acts 16:22• ²²And the crowd rose up together against them; and the praetors rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods. (Acts 16:22)

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Acts 17:5• ⁵But the Jews, having been stirred up to jealousy, took unto them certain wicked men of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city in confusion, and besetting the house of Jason, sought to bring them out to the people. (Acts 17:5)

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Acts 19:28‑41• ²⁸And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
²⁹And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre,
³⁰having seized together Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.
³¹And when Paul was minded to enter unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. And some of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sent unto him and urged him not to adventure himself into the theatre.
³²Different ones therefore kept crying somewhat different things; for the assembly was in confusion, and the mass knew not wherefore they were come together.
³³And from the crowd they instructed Alexander, the Jews putting him forward; and Alexander waving his hand wished to make defence to the people.
³⁴But when they came to know he was a Jew, one shout arose from all, crying for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of [the] Ephesians.
³⁵And the town clerk after stilling the crowd, says, Ephesians, which of men is he who knoweth not that the city of [the] Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of what fell from the sky?
³⁶Since then these things cannot be gainsaid, you must be quiet and do nothing rash.
³⁷For ye have brought these men, neither temple-robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
³⁸If then Demetrius and the artisans with him have a matter against anyone, court days are going on, and there are pro-consuls: let them accuse each other;
³⁹but if you make any inquiry about other things, it will be settled in the lawful assembly.
⁴⁰For indeed we are in danger of being accused of riot today, there being no cause concerning which we shall be able to render an account of this concourse.
⁴¹And having said thus he dismissed the assembly. (Acts 19:28‑41)

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Acts 21:30• ³⁰And the whole city was moved, and the people ran together, and they laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and forthwith the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)

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Acts 22:22• ²²And they gave him audience unto this word, and they lifted up their voices and said, Away with such [a fellow] from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live. (Acts 22:22)

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Acts 23:10• ¹⁰And when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring [him] into the castle. (Acts 23:10)

that hate.

Psa. 81:15• ¹⁵The haters of Jehovah should have submitted to him;{HR}But their time would have been forever. (Psa. 81:15)

lifted.

Psa. 75:4‑5• ⁴I said to the fools (boasters), Be not foolish,{HR}And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
⁵Lift not up your horn on high,{HR}Speak not with arrogant neck. (Psa. 75:4‑5)

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Psa. 93:3• ³The floods (rivers) lifted up,{HR}O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice;{HR}The floods lift up their roaring. (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• ²⁰{i}But 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;{/i}
²¹{i}and 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.{/i}
²²And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
²³but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; {i}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;{/i} 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. (“Psalm 83” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

For, behold, thine enemies make a tumult,{HR}And those that hate thee have lifted up the head.