Friday Night Bible Study: Psalm 83

"The kings of the earth took their stand in array and the rulers

were assembled and combined together against the Lord and

against His Anointed Christ the Messiah."

Acts 4:26

PSALM 83

A Psalm of Asaph

Keep not silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God.

For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who

hate You have raised their heads.

They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult

together against Your hidden and precious ones.

They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;

let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more.

For they have consulted together with one accord and one heart;

against You they make a covenant-

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the

inhabitants of Tyre.

Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children

of Lot, the Ammonites and the Moabites and have been an arm to them.

Selah, (pause and calmly think of that!)

Do to them as You did to the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin

at the brook of Kishon.

Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes

as Zebah and Zalmunna.

Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God.

O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble or chaff before the wind!

As fire consumes the forest, and the flame sets the mountain ablaze,

So pursue and afflict them with Your tornado or hurricane.

Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, and

insistently require Your name, O Lord.

Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, let them

be put to shame and perish.

That they may know that You, Whose name alone is the Lord,

are the Most High over all the earth.





"For the one who asked and others may wonder, 
the translation of the Hebrew in the song is: 
"Magnified and sanctified be God's great Name."
-Shimrit Hanes

Let The Righteous Be Glad
Zemer Levav

(2011)