Psalms 83:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Psalms 83:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 28:1
A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 35:22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 109:1-2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; …
Isaiah 42:14
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

The Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not unseasonable, no, not when the harps are hung upon the willow-trees. I. The psalmist here begs of God to appear on the behalf of his injured threatened people (Ps. 83:1): “ Keep not thou silence, O God! but give judgment for us against those that do us an a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 83:1-18. Of Asaph--(See on Psa 74:1, title). The historical occasion is probably that of 2Ch 20:1, 2 (compare Psa 47:1-9; 48:1-14). After a general petition, the craft and rage of the combined enemies are described, God’s former dealings recited, and a like summary and speedy destruction on them is invoked. 1. God addressed as indifferent (compare Psa 35:22; 39:12). be not still--literally, “n…