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Psalms 83:1

Psalms 83:1
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Keep not thou silence, O God,.... Which he is thought and said to do, when he does not answer the prayers of his people, nor plead their cause, nor rebuke their enemies; when he does not speak a good…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Keep not thou silence, O God - See the notes at Psa 28:1. The prayer here is that in the existing emergency God would not seem to be indifferent to the needs and dangers of his people, and to the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 83:1-8

The Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not unseasonable, no, not when the harps are hung upon the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 83:1-4

An urgent prayer that God will come to the rescue of His people, whom their enemies are conspiring to annihilate.

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