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Psalms 83:2
2For behold, Your enemies are in tumult, And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].
Psalms 83:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
- New International Version (NIV)See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
Context of Psalms 83:2
1Do not keep silent, O God; Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God. For behold, Your enemies are in tumult, And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You]. 3They concoct crafty schemes against Your people, And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones. 4They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Read all of Psalms 83Psalms 83:2 word by word
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה א֭וֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֶ֗יךָ נָ֣שְׂאוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 83:2
- Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God], And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
- Psalms 74:4In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].
- 2 Kings 19:28Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance and complacency have come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back [to Assyria] by the way that you came.
- Isaiah 37:29Because your raging against Me And your arrogance has come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your mouth, And I will turn you back by the way you came.
- Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you, but they will not [ultimately] prevail over you, for I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you,” says the Lord.
- Matthew 27:24So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather that a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands [to ceremonially cleanse himself of guilt] in the presence of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this [righteous] Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”
- Acts 4:25who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said, ‘Why did the nations (Gentiles) become arrogant and rage, And the peoples devise futile things [against the Lord]?
- Acts 16:22The crowd also joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and ordered that Paul and Silas be beaten with rods.
- Acts 17:5But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.
- Acts 19:28When they heard this, they were filled with rage, and they began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 21:30Then the whole city was provoked and confused, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were closed.
- Acts 22:22They listened to Paul until [he made] this [last] statement, but now they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with such a man from the earth! He is not fit to live!”
- Acts 23:10And as the dissension became even greater, the commander, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down and forcibly take him from them, and bring him to the barracks.
- Psalms 81:15Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
- Psalms 75:4I said to the arrogant, ‘Do not boast;’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn [of self-glorification].
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their pounding waves.
Commentaries on Psalms 83:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thine enemies make a tumult - They are not merely the enemies of thy people, but they are the enemies of thyself, thy worship, ordinances, and laws: "They make a tumult," they throng together. They - have lifted up the head - They have made an irruption into the land of Judea, and encamped at En-gedi, by the Dead Sea, 2 Chronicles 20:1, 2 Chronicles 20:2.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult - Are excited; are aroused; are moving in a wild, furious, tumultuous manner, rushing on to the accomplishment of their designs. They come like rolling waves of the sea. See the word used here explained in the notes at Psalm 2:1, where it is rendered, in the text, “rage;” in the margin, “tumultuously assemble.” And they that hate thee - Thine enemies; the enemies of thy cause, and of thy people. Who they were is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The enemy has successfully intimidated God’s people, so the poet prays that the Lord will hear and act.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. thine enemies--as well as ours (Psa 74:23; Is 37:23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 83
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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