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Psalms 83

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1O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

8Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah

9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

10Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

12Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

13O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 83:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

A Song, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

OGod, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, OGod:

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Key cross-references

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 83:1.

  • Psalms 50:3

    Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

  • Psalms 44:23

    Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.

  • Psalms 109:1

    Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

  • Psalms 35:22

    Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

  • Isaiah 42:14

    I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.

  • Psalms 28:1

    Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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