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Psalm 83:1-3
New English Translation
Psalm 83:1-3
New English Translation
Psalm 83[a]
A song, a psalm of Asaph.
83 O God, do not be silent.
Do not ignore us.[b] Do not be inactive, O God.
2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;
those who hate you are hostile.[c]
3 They carefully plot[d] against your people,
and make plans to harm[e] the ones you cherish.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:1 sn Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated.
- Psalm 83:1 tn Heb “do not be deaf.”
- Psalm 83:2 tn Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg 8:28.
- Psalm 83:3 tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”
- Psalm 83:3 tn Heb “and consult together against.”
- Psalm 83:3 tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”
Psalm 83:1-3
New International Version
Psalm 83:1-3
New International Version
Psalm 83[a]
A song. A psalm of Asaph.
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:1 In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.
Psalm 83:1-3
King James Version
Psalm 83:1-3
King James Version
83 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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