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    Psalms 83

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    An entire alliance gathers with one mind, only to announce that its grand ambition is possession of “the pastures of God.”

    The alliance against Israelvv. 1–8

    Asaph begins by asking God not to be silent while enemies rage and scheme against the people cherished by God. Their plan is stark: erase Israel’s name. The list then sprawls from Edom and Moab to Philistia, Tyre, and Assyria, all gathered in one alliance—an impressive roll-call for a quarrel that ends in pasture-taking.

    Old defeats, freshly requestedvv. 9–15

    The prayer reaches back to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the River Kishon, whose end is recalled at En-dor with a remarkably undignified comparison. Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah, and Zalmunna are summoned as examples for the nobles and princes now under consideration. Then the images become weather and wildfire: tumbleweed, chaff, forest-fire, flame, tempest, and storm.

    Shame with an unexpected destinationvv. 16–18

    The final request is severe enough: covered faces, shame, terror, and disgrace. Yet the prayer gives that ruin a destination beyond mere disappearance. The enemies are to seek God’s name and know that the LORD alone is Most High over all the earth—a curious final turn for an imprecation, as though even the storm has an appointment to keep.

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    1. Ps 83:1A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

    2. Ps 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

    3. Ps 83:3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

    4. Ps 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

    5. Ps 83:5For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—

    6. Ps 83:6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

    7. Ps 83:7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

    8. Ps 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

    9. Ps 83:9Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

    10. Ps 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

    11. Ps 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

    12. Ps 83:12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

    13. Ps 83:13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

    14. Ps 83:14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

    15. Ps 83:15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

    16. Ps 83:16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

    17. Ps 83:17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

    18. Ps 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 18Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
    • 18Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’’
    • 3Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
    • 4Jeremiah 48:2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
    • 11Judges 7:25They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
    • 18Jeremiah 16:21“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.’’
    • 18Psalms 59:13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
    • 3Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
    • 4Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
    • 5Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
    • 182 Kings 19:19And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
    • 18Psalms 97:9For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
    • 3Psalms 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
    • 4Psalms 74:8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
    • 4Esther 3:6–9And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
    • 17Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

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