Psalms 83
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The designs of the enemies of Israel
Verse 2
WEB For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
KJV For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
TSK For, lo: ps 2:1,2, ps 74:4,23, 2ki 19:28, isa 37:29, jer 1:19, mt 27:24, ac 4:25-27, ac 16:22, ac 17:5, ac 19:28-41, ac 21:30, ac 22:22, ac 23:10; that hate: ps 81:15; lifted: ps 75:4,5, ps 93:3, isa 37:23, da 5:20-23
Verse 3
WEB They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
KJV They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
TSK They: ps 10:9, ps 56:6, ps 64:2, 1sa 13:19, isa 7:6,7, lu 20:20-23; thy hidden: ps 27:5, ps 31:20, ps 91:1, col 3:3
Verse 4
WEB “Come,” they say, “and let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
KJV They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
TSK They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.: ex 1:10, es 3:6-9, pr 1:12, jer 11:19, jer 31:36, da 7:25, mt 27:62-66, ac 4:17, ac 9:1,2
Verse 5
WEB For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
KJV For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
TSK For: ps 2:2, pr 21:30, isa 7:5-7, isa 8:9,10, joh 11:47-53, ac 23:12,13, re 17:13, re 19:19; they are: jos 10:3-5, 2sa 10:6-8, isa 7:2
Verse 6
WEB The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
KJV The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
TSK Edom: 2ch 20:1,10,11; Hagarenes: ge 25:12-18, 1ch 5:10,19,20
Verse 8
WEB Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
KJV Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
TSK Assur: ge 10:11; Asshur: ge 25:3; holpen: isa 33:2; the children: ge 19:37,38, de 2:9
Heartfelt prayer for their defeat
Verse 9
WEB Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
KJV Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
TSK as unto: nu 31:7,8, jud 7:22-25, isa 9:4, isa 10:26; as to Sisera: jud 4:15-24; of Kison: jud 5:21
Verse 11
WEB Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
KJV Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
TSK Oreb: jud 7:25; Zebah: jud 8:12-21
Verse 13
WEB My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.
KJV O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
TSK O my: ps 22:1, ps 44:4, ps 74:11,12; like: isa 17:12-14; as the: ps 35:5, ps 68:1,2, ex 15:7, job 13:25, job 21:18, isa 40:24, isa 41:2, jer 13:24, mt 3:12
Verse 14
WEB As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
KJV As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
TSK As the fire: isa 30:33, isa 33:11,12, isa 64:1,2, eze 20:47,48, mal 4:1; the flame: de 32:22, na 1:6,10
Verse 15
WEB so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
KJV So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
TSK So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.: ps 11:6, ps 50:3, ps 58:9, job 9:17, job 27:20-23, isa 28:17, isa 30:30, eze 13:11-14, mt 7:27, heb 12:18
Verse 16
WEB Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
KJV Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
TSK Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.: ps 6:10, ps 9:19,20, ps 34:5
Verse 17
WEB Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
KJV Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
TSK Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:: ps 35:4,26, ps 40:14,15, ps 109:29
Verse 18
WEB that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
KJV That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
TSK That men: ps 9:16, ps 59:13, 1ki 18:37, 2ki 19:19, isa 5:16, jer 16:21, eze 30:19, eze 38:23; whose: ge 22:14, ex 6:3, isa 42:8; the most: ps 92:8, isa 54:5, da 4:25,32, mic 4:13, zec 4:14