New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 83:18
18That they may 1know that 2You alone, whose name is the Lord, Are the 3Most 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.
- 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
16Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O Lord. 17Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish, 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
Cross-references for Psalms 83:18
- Psalms 9:16The Lord has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
- Psalms 59:13Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more; That men may know that God rules in 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 heart back again.”
- 2 Kings 19:19Now, O Lord our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O Lord, are God.”
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Jeremiah 16:21“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know-- This time 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, And they will know that I am the Lord.”’”
- Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord.”’
- Genesis 22:14Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.”
- Exodus 6:3and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.
- Psalms 92:8But You, O Lord, are on high forever.
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
- Daniel 4:25that you be driven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.
- Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, For your horn I will make iron And your hoofs I will make bronze, That you may pulverize many peoples, That you may devote to the Lord their unjust gain And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
- Zechariah 4:14Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing 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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