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Psalms 83:18

Psalms 83:18
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah,.... Or, "that thou, thy name alone is Jehovah" (p), a self-existent Being, the Being of beings, the everlasting I AM, the immutable God; for…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

That 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 83:9-18

The psalmist here, in the name of the church, prays for the destruction of those confederate forces, and, in God's name, foretels it; for this prayer that it might be so amounts to a prophecy that it…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

That they may know that thou, whose name is JEHOVAH, even thou alone,

Art the Most High over all the earth.

The primary object of chastisement is conversion (Psa 83:83); but if they will not…