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Psalms 83:18
18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
Context of Psalms 83:18
16Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord. 17Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the 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 judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
- Psalms 59:13consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah
- 1 Kings 18:37Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."
- 2 Kings 19:19So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone."
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
- Jeremiah 16:21"Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord."
- Ezekiel 30:19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
- Ezekiel 38:23So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
- Genesis 22:14So Abraham called the name of that place, "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
- Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
- Psalms 92:8but you, O Lord, are on high forever.
- Isaiah 54:5For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
- Daniel 4:25that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
- Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devote their gain to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.
- Zechariah 4:14Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones 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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