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Psalm 83:1 In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
1 God, do not keep silent. Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, God. 2 Look! Your enemies are in an uproar, and those who hate you have raised their head. and they plot together against the people you treasure. so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.” 5 Indeed, with one mind they plot together. Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Psalm 83, a powerful supplication composed by Asaph, portrays a picture of Israel besieged by multiple enemies who conspire for its destruction. The Psalmist implores God's intervention against these adversaries, emphasizing the Divine power that once devastated former foes.
Psalm 83 is more than a prayer or a plea to God for vengeance on Israel’s enemies; it reveals that a 10-member confederacy wants to destroy the Chosen People and possess the Promised Land. This psalm, however, was not written during a time of war.
The Israel Bible is the world’s first Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) centered around the Land of Israel, the People of Israel, and the dynamic relationship between them.
The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary (p. 2936). For behold, Your enemies are in uproar, and those who hate You have raised their head. As explained in the following verse, the uproar of God's enemies is their plotting deviously against God's nation.
Do not give silence to our wrongs, with which our enemies harm us. אל דמי לך. אל תתן שתיקה לעוותתינו שאויבינו מריעים לנו:
