Psalms 83:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 83:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult - Are excited; are aroused; are moving in a wild, furious, tumultuous manner, rushing on to the accomplishment of their designs. They come like rolling waves...
Psalms 83:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For, lo, thine (b) enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. (b) He calls them God's enemies, who are enemies of his Church.
Psalms 83:2 - 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 83:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

make. tumult . roar like the waves of the sea, as in Psalms 46:3 . lifted up the head. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for acting presumptuously. Compare Psalms 3:3 ; Psalms 2...
Psalms 83:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 For, behold! thy enemies are tumultuous. As an argument for enforcing the prayer of the preceding verse, it is affirmed that the faithful are oppressed both by the impetuous violence and t...
Psalms 83:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. Thine enemies make a tumult - They are not merely the enemies of thy people, but they are the enemies of thyself...
Psalms 83:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult. God's people rightly remind their Father that the invade are not m...
Psalms 83:2 - 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 83:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Make a tumult. — Literally, roar like the sea. So (correctly) LXX. and Vulg. (See Psalms 46:3 .)
Psalms 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Do, Reader, remark the expression; the Lord's hidden ones. As Christ himself is said to be hid in the Father's shadow, in his hand, and in his quiver, Isaiah 49:2 ; so Christ's little ones are said...
Psalms 83:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult ,.... Or "a noise" d: wicked men are commonly noisy, roaring out their blasphemies against God, belching out oaths and curses, and breathing threatenings and sla...
Psalms 83:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. Ver. 2. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult ] Concurrunt magno impetu, conatu, et ardore, Thine, because o...
Psalms 83:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Keep not thou silence, O God Plead for us, not by words, but by thy actions; hold not thy peace Hebrew, אל תחרשׁ, al techeresh: be not deaf , to our prayers, and to the blasphemies of thine and...
Psalms 83:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints against Enemies. A song or psalm of Asaph. 1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be n...
Psalms 83:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thine enemies; they are not only enemies to us thy people, but also to thy will, and name, and glory. Make a tumult; or, make a tumultuous noise , both with their tongues reproaching thee and th...
Psalms 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - 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 83:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:28 ; Acts 16:22 ; Acts 17:5 ; Acts 19:28-41 ; Acts 21:30 ; Acts 22:22 ; Acts 23:10 ; Acts 4:25-27 ; Daniel 5:20-23 ; Isaiah 37:23 ; Isaiah 37:29 ; Jeremiah 1:19 ; Matthew 27:2...

Psalms 83:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 83:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 83:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 83:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 83:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 83:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 83:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 83:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 83:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 83:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 83:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 83:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 83:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 83:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 83:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge