Psalms 83:2

Make a tumult. — Literally, roar like the sea. So (correctly) LXX. and Vulg. (See Psalms 46:3.)

Related Commentaries of 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 accomplishme...
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 C...
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...
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 acti...
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...
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...
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 rig...
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...
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 rep...
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 t...
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 p...
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...
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 oa...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints against Enemies. A song or psalm of Asaph. 1 Keep not...
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...
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 o...
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...
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...
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 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 th...
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 an...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For, lo, Thine enemies (the enemies of the Church are God's enemies) make a tumult; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head, in haughty pri...
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 37:2...

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 83:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 83:2