Psalms 83:2

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

1O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. 4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

Psalms 83:2 word by word

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה א֭וֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֶ֗יךָ נָ֣שְׂאוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 83:2

• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
• Psalms 74:4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
• 2 Kings 19:28Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
• Isaiah 37:29Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
• Jeremiah 1:19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
• Matthew 27:24So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.
• Acts 4:25who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
• Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
• Acts 17:5But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
• Acts 19:28And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
• Acts 21:30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.
• Acts 22:22And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
• Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
• Psalms 81:15The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
• Psalms 75:4I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their 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

Topics related to Psalms 83:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Armies
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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