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Psalms 83:5

Psalms 83:5
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For they have consulted together with one consent,.... Or "heart" (e); wicked men are cordial to one another, and united in their counsels against the people of God, and his interest: whatever things…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For they have consulted together with one consent - Margin, as in Hebrew, heart. There is no division in their counsels on this subject. They have one desire - one purpose - in regard to the matter.…

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 83:5-8

An enumeration of the confederate peoples. From the southeast come the Edomites, who inhabited the mountainous region between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba, and the Ishmaelites, who roamed over…