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1 A psalm, a song of Asaph. 2 O God, have no silence, do not be silent and do not be still, O God. have no silence. Do not give silence to our wrongs, with which our enemies harm us. אל דמי לך. אל תתן שתיקה לעוותתינו שאויבינו מריעים לנו: 3 For behold, Your enemies stir, and those who hate You raise their heads.
The psalms (or Tehillim in Hebrew) of David are divided in 150. You can read here all of them (Tehillim in Hebrew, Tehillim transliterated or Tehillim translated into English ). The shorter psalm has 2 verses (Psalm 117) and the longer has 176 (Psalm 119). Five unequal chapters share the whole.
After Jehoshafat completed his renovation of the judicial system, the land of Judea was attacked by the armies of Ammon, Moab, Aram and Seir (Edom). Malbim (Il Chronicles 20:23) proves from this psalm that these nations were bent on annihilating Israel.
3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.
83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
3 For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head. ד עַל-עַמְּךָ, יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד; וְיִתְיָעֲצוּ, עַל-צְפוּנֶיךָ. 4 They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
For behold, Your enemies are in uproar, and those who hate You have raised their head. 4. They plot deviously against Your nation, and conspire against those sheltered by You. 5. They say, "Come, let us sever them from nationhood, and the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
