Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 83:18
18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Yhwh, art 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.
- 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 shame; that they may seek thy name, O Yhwh. 17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Yhwh, art 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 9:16Yhwh is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Psalms 59:13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
- 1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O Yhwh, hear me, that this people may know that thou art Yhwh God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
- 2 Kings 19:19Now therefore, O Yhwh our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Yhwh God, even thou only.
- Isaiah 5:16But Yhwh of Armies shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
- Jeremiah 16:21Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yhwh.
- Ezekiel 30:19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am Yhwh.
- Ezekiel 38:23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am Yhwh.
- Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh, Yhwh Will Provide: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Yhwh it shall be seen.
- Exodus 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Yhwh was I not known to them.
- Isaiah 42:8I am Yhwh: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
- Psalms 92:8But thou, Yhwh, art most high for evermore.
- Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; Yhwh of Armies is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Daniel 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto Yhwh, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
- Zechariah 4:14Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that 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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