Psalms 83:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. ”

Psalms 83:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That men may know - That all people may be impressed with the belief that thou art the true and only God. This was the design and aim of the prayer in the psalm. It was that there might be such a...
Psalms 83:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

That [men] may (n) know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth. (n) Though they do not believe, yet they may prove by experience, that it is in vain to resi...
Psalms 83:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXIII. The date can be fixed with a near approach to certainty. The clue is furnished by 1 Maccabees 5. The victories of Judas Maccabæ us and the cleansing of the Temple in 165 B.C. (p. 607) were...
Psalms 83:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men: Israel. JEHOVAH. One of three places where, in Authorized Version, this name is transliterated and printed in large capital letters (small in Revised Version) See App-48. Compare Exodus 6:...
Psalms 83:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. And let them know that thou art, thy name Jehovah. It is not the saving knowledge of God which is here spoken of, but that acknowledgement of him which his irresistible power extorts fro...
Psalms 83:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. That men may know - That they may acknowledge, and be converted to thee. Here is no malice; all i...
Psalms 83:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That thou, whose name alone, &c.— That thou, whose name is Jehovah, art alone the Most High, &c. Mudge. REFLECTIONS.— The church on earth is ever militant; and would soon be crushed, w...
Psalms 83:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. -Second part of the second main division. Prayer inspired by God for the extinction of the foe by the fiery storm of God. Ver...
Psalms 83:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. describes a confederacy of God's enemies, the object of which is to attack and exterminate Israel ( Psalms 83:2-5 ). A list of the allies is given ( Psalms 83:6-8 ). The Psalmist appeals to...
Psalms 83:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 83:1-18 THIS psalm is a cry for help against a world in arms. The failure of all attempts to point to a period when all the allies here represented as confederate against Israel were or cou...
Psalms 83:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Most High over All the Earth” Psalms 83:1-18 This psalm was composed on the occasion described in 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 , where we learn that at a great crisis the Spirit of God came on Ja...
Psalms 83:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The psalmist has a vision of the confederacy of all the enemies of the people of God. This he describes as to its process, it constitution, and its purpose. They have taken counsel together with the...
Psalms 83:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is not only a great beauty in this appeal and prayer of the church, against all her enemies, but also a great exercise of faith, in divine dependence. We give God credit for all that is to come...
Psalms 83:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah ,.... Or, "that thou, thy name alone is Jehovah" p, a self-existent Being, the Being of beings, the everlasting I AM, the immutable God; for...
Psalms 83:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth. Ver. 18. That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah ] The essentiator, Isaiah 4...
Psalms 83:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Fill, &c., that they may seek thy name That, being disappointed of their hopes, and discerning the impotence of their idols, they may own and worship thee as the only true God. Let them be put...
Psalms 83:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:...
Psalms 83:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That men may know, or that they may know , to wit, by costly experience, even by their own ruin, what they would not know by information for their own good, that thou art the Most High , the most...
Psalms 83:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This is the last of the Psalms of Asaph. If the Psalm refers to the times of Jehoshaphat, the author was probably “Jahaziel, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,” upon whom “came the Spirit o...
Psalms 83:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a Psalm that is not often read, and very seldom expounded, I should think. According to the title, it is «A Song or Psalm of Asaph.» Asaph is one of a little group of poets who flourished sid...
Psalms 83:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm bears the style and character of Asaph's composition. It has been referred to the time of Hezekiah, when Sennacherib came up against Judea; but he came equally against Egypt, and all the n...
Psalms 83:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Keep not Thou silence, O God: hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God. An appeal to Heaven I. A lamentable social scene ( Psalms 83:2-8 ). The scene is that of men in tumultuous hostility b...
Psalms 83:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalmist makes a passionate appeal to God on behalf of Israel at a time of great danger. A confederacy has been formed among the surrounding nations, having for its object the d...
Psalms 83:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer for Help against the Enemies of the Church. A song or psalm of Asaph, the last of his twelve hymns in the psalter, picturing the craft and rage of the enemies and invoking God's speedy de...
Psalms 83:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:37 ; 2 Kings 19:19 ; Daniel 4:25 ; Daniel 4:32 ; Exodus 6:3 ; Ezekiel 30:19 ; Ezekiel 38:23 ; Genesis 22:14 ; Isaiah 42:8 ; Isaiah 5:16 ; Isaiah 54:5 ; Jeremiah 16:21 ; Micah...

Psalms 83:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 83:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 83:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 83:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 83:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 83:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 83:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 83:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 83:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 83:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 83:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 83:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 83:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 83:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 83:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge