Psalms 83:12

houses. pleasant pastures. Hebrew. ne'oth (plural) Same word as in Psalms 23:2; Psalms 65:12.

possession. inheritance. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:11.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 83:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession - The houses of God here mean the habitations of God, or the places where he d...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the (k) houses of God in possession. (k) That is, Judea: for where his Church is, there he dwells among them.
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Who have said, Let us take in possession for ourselves the habitations of God. These heathen enemies are again accused of treason agains...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession - Nearly the words spoke...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession - i:e....
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(9-12) For the historical allusion see references in margin. The splendid victories of Barak and Gideon were the constant theme of poets and prophets...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Houses. — Rather, pastures. (See Psalms 79:7 .)
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

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 depe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who said ,.... Not the kings and princes of Midian just mentioned, but the confederate enemies of Israel, named Psalms 83:6 , to whom the like thin...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. Ver. 12. Let us take to ourselves the houses of God ] Covetous impropriators a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Which perished at En-dor Either, 1st, The Midianites; or rather, Jabin and Sisera, who were overthrown at Taanach and Megiddo, ( Judges 5:19 ,) nig...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The houses of God; the houses and lands of the Israelites, which their God, as they pretend, gave them in Canaan, to which they have no rightful ti...
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

who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession, they had intended to overthrow the true religion.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 20:11 ; Psalms 74:7 ; Psalms 74:8 ; Psalms 83:4

¹² Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 83:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

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