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Psalms 83:18
18May they know that you alone — whose name is the Lord — are the Most High over the whole earth.
Psalms 83:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.
Context of Psalms 83:18
16Cover their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, Lord. 17Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace. May they know that you alone — whose name is the Lord — are the Most High over the whole earth.
Read all of Psalms 83Psalms 83:18 word by word
וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֬ה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 83:18
- Psalms 9:16The Lord has made himself known; he has executed justice, snaring the wicked by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah
- Psalms 59:13Consume them in fury; consume them until they are gone. Then people will know throughout the earth that God rules over Jacob.Selah
- 1 Kings 18:37Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that you, the Lord, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.”
- 2 Kings 19:19Now, Lord our God, please save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God — you alone.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice, and the holy God demonstrates his holiness through his righteousness.
- Jeremiah 16:21“Therefore, I am about to inform them, and this time I will make them know my power and my might; then they will know that my name is the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 30:19So I will execute judgments against Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”
- Ezekiel 38:23I will display my greatness and holiness, and I will reveal myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Genesis 22:14And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said, “It will be provided on the Lord’s mountain.”
- Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I was not known to them by my name ‘the Lord.’
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.
- Psalms 92:8But you, Lord, are exalted forever.
- Isaiah 54:5Indeed, your husband is your Maker — his name is the Lord of Armies — and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.
- Daniel 4:25You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.
- Micah 4:13Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion, for I will make your horns iron and your hooves bronze so you can crush many peoples. Then you will set apart their plunder for the Lord, their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.
- Zechariah 4:14“These are the two anointed ones,” he said, “who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
Commentaries on Psalms 83:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18That men may know - That they may acknowledge, and be converted to thee. Here is no malice; all is self-defense.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18That men may know - That all people may be impressed with the belief that thou art the true and only God. This was the design and aim of the prayer in the psalm. It was that there might be such a manifestation of the power of God; that it might be so evident that the events which had occurred could be traced to no other source than God himself, that all people might be led to honor him. That thou whose name alone is Jehovah - To whom alone this name…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 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 made to fear thy name, and perhaps that will bring them to seek thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18The psalmist prays that God will miraculously destroy the new coalition as he did three other enemies; doing so would bring him glory.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-181. God addressed as indifferent (compare Psa 35:22; 39:12). be not still--literally, "not quiet," as opposed to action.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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