Psalms 83 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hidden ones — Thy people of Israel, who are called God's hidden or secret ones, to intimate the respect which God has to them, as to his peculiar treasure.

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 grandmother Hagar.

Gebal — An Arabian people so called by ancient writers dwelling in the southern border of Canaan, where most of the people here mentioned had their abode.

Of Lot — Moab and Ammon.

A wheel — Whereas they promise to themselves a sure possession, let them be like a wheel, which is very unstable, and soon removed.

The mountains — The woods upon the mountains, which in those hot countries, when they have once taken fire, burn with irresistible violence.

May seek — May own and worship thee as the only true God.