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Psalms 83
18 verses with commentary
O God, Do Not Keep Silence
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. of Asaph: or, for Asaph
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<strong>Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.</strong> This urgent triple plea opens Psalm 83, a national lament during existential crisis. The Hebrew employs three parallel imperatives, intensifying the petition: <em>al-techerash</em> (אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ, "do not be silent"), <em>ve-al-tishqot</em> (וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט, "do not be quiet"), and <em>ve-al-teshket</em> (ו...
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(1) **Keep not thou silence, O God.**—Literally, *God, not silence to thee. *(Comp. Isaiah 62:7; and see Note, Psalm 28:1.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
PSALM 51 Psa 51:1-19. On the occasion, compare 2Sa 11:12. The Psalm illustrates true repentance, in which are comprised conviction, confession, sorrow, prayer for mercy, and purposes of amendment, and it is accompanied by a lively faith.
1-4. A plea for mercy is a confession of guilt.
**blot out--**as from a register.
**transgressions--**literally, "rebellions" (Psa 19:13; 32:1).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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<strong>For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.</strong> The psalmist directs God's attention to urgent danger: His enemies are in violent uproar. The Hebrew <em>oyeveikha yehemayun</em> (אֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָיוּן, "your enemies make a tumult") uses <em>hamah</em> (הָמָה), meaning to roar, growl, be in commotion—like waves crashing or armies assembling for...
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(2) **Make a tumult.**—Literally, *roar like the sea. *So (correctly) LXX. and Vulg. (See Psalm 46:3.)
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PSALM 51 Psa 51:1-19. On the occasion, compare 2Sa 11:12. The Psalm illustrates true repentance, in which are comprised conviction, confession, sorrow, prayer for mercy, and purposes of amendment, and it is accompanied by a lively faith.
1-4. A plea for mercy is a confession of guilt.
**blot out--**as from a register.
**transgressions--**literally, "rebellions" (Psa 19:13; 32:1).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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<strong>They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.</strong> The enemy conspiracy involves cunning strategy, not merely brute force. <em>Ya'arimu sod</em> (יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד, "they have taken crafty counsel") uses <em>aram</em> (עָרַם), meaning to be shrewd, cunning, or subtle—the same word describing the serpent in Genesis 3:1. This is calculated, decep...
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(3) **They have taken crafty counsel.**—Literally, *They have made their plot crafty*; or, as we say, “They have laid a deep plot.”
**Hidden ones**—*i.e., *those under God’s close protection, as in Psalm 17:8; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:20.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
PSALM 51 Psa 51:1-19. On the occasion, compare 2Sa 11:12. The Psalm illustrates true repentance, in which are comprised conviction, confession, sorrow, prayer for mercy, and purposes of amendment, and it is accompanied by a lively faith.
1-4. A plea for mercy is a confession of guilt.
**blot out--**as from a register.
**transgressions--**literally, "rebellions" (Psa 19:13; 32:1).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →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.
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The enemies plot: "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" (Hebrew <em>am-ru l-khu v-nakh-chidem mi-goy v-lo-yizzakher shem-Yisra-el od</em>). The enemies don't merely want territory but annihilation—erasing Israel's existence and memory. "That the name...may be no more" attacks identity itself. This genocidal intent...
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(4) For this attack against, not only the independence, but even the continued existence of Israel as a nation, compare Esther 3:6; Esther 3:9; Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 48:2; Isaiah 7:8.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
PSALM 51 Psa 51:1-19. On the occasion, compare 2Sa 11:12. The Psalm illustrates true repentance, in which are comprised conviction, confession, sorrow, prayer for mercy, and purposes of amendment, and it is accompanied by a lively faith.
1-4. A plea for mercy is a confession of guilt.
**blot out--**as from a register.
**transgressions--**literally, "rebellions" (Psa 19:13; 32:1).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: consent: Heb. heart
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<strong>For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee.</strong> The enemies' conspiracy achieves unified agreement—rare among competing nations. <em>Yachdav nisabu lev echad</em> (יַחְדָּו נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב אֶחָד, "together they have consulted with one heart") emphasizes remarkable unity. The phrase <em>lev echad</em> ("one heart") suggests unanimous purpose and c...
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(5) **They are confederate.**—Literally, *they have cut a covenant, *from the custom described in Genesis 15:17. (Comp. the Greek δρκια τέμνειν.)
**Against thee.**—God and “His hidden ones” are one, a truth preparing the way for that grander truth of the identification of the Son of man with all needing help or pity in Matthew 25
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5-6. His guilt was aggravated by his essential, native sinfulness, which is as contrary to God's requisitions of inward purity as are outward sins to those for right conduct.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
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<strong>The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes.</strong> The catalog of enemies begins with Israel's closest relatives—those sharing Abrahamic lineage. <em>Oholei Edom</em> (אָהֳלֵי אֱדוֹם, "tents of Edom") refers to Esau's descendants, Jacob's own twin brother's offspring. The Ishmaelites descended from Abraham's son through Hagar. Moab came from Lot, Abraham's n...
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(6-8) In the enumeration of the confederate powers, the psalmist seems to follow a geographical order. He first glances southwards and eastwards, then turns to the west, and, finally, to the north.
(6) **The tabernacles**—*i.e.,* the tents of the nomad tribes.
**Hagarenes.**—A tribe mentioned in 1Chronicles 5:10; 1Chronicles 5:19 (Hagarites), where see Note.
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5-6. His guilt was aggravated by his essential, native sinfulness, which is as contrary to God's requisitions of inward purity as are outward sins to those for right conduct.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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<strong>Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.</strong> The confederacy expands beyond Abrahamic relatives to include traditional enemies and commercial powers. <em>Geval</em> (גְּבָל) likely refers to Byblos (modern Lebanon), a Phoenician coastal city known for skilled craftsmen and seafaring commerce. Ammon, descended from Lot (Genesis 19:38), occupied territ...
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(7) **Gebal.**—If this is a noun, as generally supposed, and as printed in the text, we must take it as a synonym of Edom (the *Gebalene *of Eusebius). The Gebal of Ezekiel 27:9 is not to be thought of; but it is most likely a verb:
“Both Ammon and Amalek are joined together,
The Philistines (are joined) with the men of Tyre.”
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7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
**Purge ... hyssop--**The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. holpen: Heb. been an arm to
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<strong>Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.</strong> The mention of <em>Ashshur</em> (אַשּׁוּר, Assyria) escalates the threat dramatically. Assyria was the ancient world's military superpower, eventually conquering the Northern Kingdom in 722 BC. The verb <em>nilvah</em> (נִלְוָה, "is joined") indicates Assyria allied with the coalition, adding imperial mig...
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(8) **Assur.**—For the more usual *Ashur, *Assyria. Some, however, think the Syria is here intended, that name being, in the view of the Greek writers, a corruption of Assyria. (“The Greeks call them Syrians, but the Barbarians Assyrians.”—Herod, vii., 63.) And even if etymologically incorrect, the error of the Greeks may have been consciously or unconsciously shared by the Jews, and the kingdom o...
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7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
**Purge ... hyssop--**The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 83
Chapter Outline
The designs of the enemies of Israel.(1-8)
Earnest prayer for their defeat.(9-18)
**Verses 1-8**
Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them...
Read full commentary →Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
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<strong>Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison.</strong> The psalmist appeals to historical precedent, asking God to repeat past deliverances. <em>Aseh lahem k-Midyan</em> (עֲשֵׂה־לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן, "do to them as to Midian") invokes Gideon's miraculous victory when 300 men with trumpets and torches routed vast Midianite armies (Judges 7). God caused t...
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(9-12) For the historical allusion see references in margin. The splendid victories of Barak and Gideon were the constant theme of poets and prophets when trying to encourage their own generation by the examples of the past. (See Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:26; Habakkuk 3:7.)
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7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
**Purge ... hyssop--**The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
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<strong>Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.</strong> The victory description continues with graphic detail. <em>Nishmadu v-En-dor</em> (נִשְׁמְדוּ בְעֵין־דֹּאר, "perished at En-dor") uses <em>shamad</em> (שָׁמַד), meaning utterly destroyed, annihilated. En-dor, near Mount Tabor, became graveyard for Midianite forces. The phrase <em>hayu domen la-adamah</em> (הָיוּ דֹּמֶן ל...
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(10) **En-dor.**—This place, for which see 1 Samuel 28, is not mentioned in Judges 4, but is in the battle-field not far from the Taanach and Megiddo of Deborah’s song. (Robinson, iii. 224)
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7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
**Purge ... hyssop--**The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
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<strong>Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna.</strong> The prayer specifies judgment on enemy leadership. <em>Shitemo nedivenmo k-Orev v-khi-Z'ev</em> (שִׁיתֵמוֹ נְדִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵב וְכִזְאֵב, "make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb") invokes Gideon's victory where these Midianite princes were killed by Ephraimites (Judges 7:25). Oreb ("ra...
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7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
**Purge ... hyssop--**The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
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<strong>Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.</strong> This verse reveals the confederacy's motivation: seizing <em>ne'ot Elohim</em> (נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים, "the pastures/dwelling places of God"). The term <em>ne'ot</em> (נְאוֹת) can mean pastures, dwelling places, or beautiful habitations. The phrase likely refers to Canaan itself—the Promised Land, God's gift to Israel, ...
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(12) **Houses.**—Rather, *pastures. *(See Psalm 79:7.)
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7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
**Purge ... hyssop--**The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
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<strong>O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.</strong> This verse employs vivid metaphors for the complete defeat the psalmist petitions God to inflict upon Israel's enemies. The image "like a wheel" (<em>ka-galgal</em>, כַּגַּלְגַּל) is disputed in translation—some render it "whirling dust" or "tumbleweed," emphasizing the rootless, driven nature of that which the wind...
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(13) **A wheel.**—Heb., *galgal. *(See Note, Psalm 77:18, and comp. Isaiah 17:13, where the Authorised Ver sion has literally *rolling thing, *the margin “thistle down,” and the LXX., “dust of a wheel.”) Sir G. Grove (Smith’s *Bibl. Dict., *art. Oreb) says, “like the spherical masses of dry weeds which course over the plains of Esdraelon and Philistia.” He possibly refers to the wild artichoke, wh...
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**13. Then--**Such will be the effect of this gracious work.
**ways--**of providence and human duty (Psa 18:21, 30; 32:8; Lu 22:32).
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**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
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<strong>As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire.</strong> The imagery shifts to consuming fire—irresistible, comprehensive destruction. <em>K-esh tiv'ar-ya'ar</em> (כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַר־יָעַר, "as fire burns a forest") depicts wildfire's unstoppable advance through woodland. The verb <em>ba'ar</em> (בָּעַר) means to burn, consume, kindle—fire that devours everything ...
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(14, 15) These verses are rightly taken together. The figure occurs in Isaiah 10:17-18 (comp. Zechariah 12:6), but there as a metaphor; here as a simile. “Before the rains came the whole mountain side was in a blaze. Thorns and briars grow so luxuriantly here that they must be burned off always before the plough can operate. The peasants watch for a high wind, and then the fire catches easily, and...
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**14. Deliver--**or, "Free me" (Psa 39:8) from the guilt of murder (2Sa 12:9, 10; Psa 5:6).
**righteousness--**as in Psa 7:17; 31:1.
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**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
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<strong>So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.</strong> The prayer intensifies: pursue enemies with overwhelming force. <em>Ken tirdephem b-sa'arekha</em> (כֵּן תִּרְדְּפֵם בְּסַעֲרֶךָ, "so pursue them with your tempest") uses <em>radaf</em> (רָדַף), meaning to chase, pursue relentlessly—the same verb describing Pharaoh pursuing Israel to the Red Sea (Exodus 14:8)...
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**15. open ... lips--**by removing my sense of guilt.
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**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
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<strong>Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.</strong> This remarkable verse reveals the ultimate purpose behind the psalm's imprecatory petitions: not merely destruction of enemies but their conversion to worship of Israel's God. The Hebrew <em>male pneihem qalon</em> (מַלֵּא פְנֵיהֶם קָלוֹן, "fill their faces with shame") requests humiliation that breaks pride and com...
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(16) **Thy name, O Lord.**—Rather, *thy name *(*which is*)* Jehovah. *The nations were to seek Him not only as God, but as Jehovah God of Israel. This is proved by Psalm 83:18. No doubt the thought uppermost in the verse is the submission of the heathen to Jehovah’s power. But we may, looking back, read in it a nobler wish and a grander hope—the prophetic hope of a union of nations in a belief in ...
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16. Praise is better than sacrifice (Psa 50:14), and implying faith, penitence, and love, glorifies God. In true penitents the joys of pardon mingle with sorrow for sin.
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**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
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<strong>Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish.</strong> This climactic petition seeks enemies' permanent defeat through comprehensive judgment. <em>Yevoshu v-yibahalu adei-ad</em> (יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ עֲדֵי־עַד, "let them be ashamed and dismayed forever") combines <em>bosh</em> (בּוֹשׁ, "be ashamed, confounded, disappointed") with <em>bahal</em> ...
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**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
Read full commentary →That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
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<strong>That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.</strong> This magnificent concluding verse declares the ultimate purpose of divine intervention: universal recognition of Yahweh's supreme sovereignty. The phrase "that men may know" (<em>vi-yed'u</em>, וְיֵדְעוּ) uses the verb <em>yada</em> (יָדַע), meaning deep, experiential knowledge—not mere...
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**18. Do good, &c.--**Visit not my sin on Thy Church.
**build ... walls--**is to show favor; compare Psa 89:40, for opposite form and idea.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 9-18**
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be m...
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