“ The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; ”
The tabernacles of Edom - The tents of Edom; meaning here, the dwellers in those tents, that is, the Edomites. The word tabernacles or tents does not necessarily imply that the nation then led a...
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...
tabernacles . tents. Hebrew. 'ohel . See App-40. Edom. Note the tenfold confederation of enemies in verses: Psalms 83:6-9 , followed by the sevenfold destruction in verses: Psalms 83:10-12 . t...
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; The tabernacles of Edom - The tents of these different people are seen in the grand encampment. Tents are probably mentioned...
The tabernacles of Edom, &c.— They are called the tabernacles of the Edomites, from the custom of these Arabians to live in tents all the year long; encamping sometimes in one place, and some...
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes. As the Edomites were not a wandering people...
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...
The tabernacles — i.e., the tents of the nomad tribes. Hagarenes. — A tribe mentioned in 1 Chronicles 5:10 ; 1 Chronicles 5:19 (Hagarites), where see Note.
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...
“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...
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...
All confederacies are to the same purport, where God's grace doth not influence the heart. And what a host of them are formed against the Israel of God? And let the Reader remark, who they are that j...
The tabernacles of Edom , c] Or the Idumeans, as the Targum the posterity of Esau, who, with the rest that joined with them, hereafter mentioned, and made the confederate army, brought their tents w...
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Ver. 6. The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, &c. ] Exercitu ex variis gentibus conflato, at odds among them...
The tabernacles of Edom Called the children of Seir, 2 Chronicles 20 . He says the tabernacles of Edom , from the custom of these Arabians to live in tents all the year long; encamping sometime...
Complaints against Enemies. A song or psalm of Asaph. 1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be n...
The tabernacles, put for the people dwelling in them, as Job 12:6 Proverbs 14:11 Habakkuk 3:7 . Edom; called the children of Seir , 2Ch 20 . The Ishmaelites ; some of the posterity of I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 5:10 ; 1 Chronicles 5:19 ; 1 Chronicles 5:20 ; 2 Chronicles 20:1 ; 2 Chronicles 20:10 ; 2 Chronicles 20:11 ; Genesis 25:12-18
The tabernacles — The people dwelling in them. Ishmaelites — Some of the posterity of Ishmael, called by their father's name, as others of them are supposed to be called Hagarens from their grandmo...