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Psalms 83:2

Psalms 83:2
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult,.... Or "a noise" (d): wicked men are commonly noisy, roaring out their blasphemies against God, belching out oaths and curses, and breathing threatenings and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult - Are excited; are aroused; are moving in a wild, furious, tumultuous manner, rushing on to the accomplishment of their designs. They come like rolling waves of…

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

make a tumult A word denoting the uproar and tumult of a throng of people: the substantive for multitude, frequently used of a great army, is derived from it: cp. Psa 46:3; Psa 46:6; Isa 17:12; Isa…