# Psalm 83 ## Psalm 83:1 - [KJV] Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. - [ASV] O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. - [YLT] O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God. ### Notes on Psalm 83:1 - ## Psalm 83:2 - [KJV] For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. - [ASV] For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. - [YLT] For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head, ### Notes on Psalm 83:2 - ## Psalm 83:3 - [KJV] They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. - [ASV] Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. - [YLT] Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones. ### Notes on Psalm 83:3 - ## Psalm 83:4 - [KJV] They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from *being* a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. - [ASV] They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. - [YLT] They have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from *being* a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.' ### Notes on Psalm 83:4 - ## Psalm 83:5 - [KJV] For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: - [ASV] For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: - [YLT] For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make, ### Notes on Psalm 83:5 - ## Psalm 83:6 - [KJV] The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; - [ASV] The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; - [YLT] Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes, ### Notes on Psalm 83:6 - ## Psalm 83:7 - [KJV] Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; - [ASV] Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: - [YLT] Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre, ### Notes on Psalm 83:7 - ## Psalm 83:8 - [KJV] Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. - [ASV] Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. *Selah* - [YLT] Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 83:8 - ## Psalm 83:9 - [KJV] Do unto them as *unto* the Midianites; as *to* Sisera, as *to* Jabin, at the brook of Kison: - [ASV] Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; - [YLT] Do to them as *to* Midian, As *to* Sisera, as *to* Jabin, at the stream Kishon. ### Notes on Psalm 83:9 - ## Psalm 83:10 - [KJV] *Which* perished at Endor: they became *as* dung for the earth. - [ASV] Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. - [YLT] They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground! ### Notes on Psalm 83:10 - ## Psalm 83:11 - [KJV] Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: - [ASV] Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; - [YLT] Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes, ### Notes on Psalm 83:11 - ## Psalm 83:12 - [KJV] Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. - [ASV] Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God. - [YLT] Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.' ### Notes on Psalm 83:12 - ## Psalm 83:13 - [KJV] O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. - [ASV] O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. - [YLT] O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind. ### Notes on Psalm 83:13 - ## Psalm 83:14 - [KJV] As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; - [ASV] As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, - [YLT] As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire, ### Notes on Psalm 83:14 - ## Psalm 83:15 - [KJV] So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. - [ASV] So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm. - [YLT] So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them. ### Notes on Psalm 83:15 - ## Psalm 83:16 - [KJV] Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. - [ASV] Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. - [YLT] Fill their faces *with* shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah. ### Notes on Psalm 83:16 - ## Psalm 83:17 - [KJV] Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: - [ASV] Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish; - [YLT] They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost. ### Notes on Psalm 83:17 - ## Psalm 83:18 - [KJV] That *men* may know that thou, whose name alone *is* JEHOVAH, *art* the most high over all the earth. - [ASV] That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth. - [YLT] And they know that Thou -- (Thy name *is* Jehovah -- by Thyself,) *Art* the Most High over all the earth! ### Notes on Psalm 83:18 -