For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
This psalm was written when King Jehoshaphat faced a dreadful confederacy of enemies, not only Ammonites and Moabites, but forces mustered from Syria and distant lands that nearly overwhelmed Judah. The poet enumerates these many nations to show how urgent the prayer for God's aid must be, and to stir us to greater confidence that He will defend His Church against all who conspire to extinguish it.
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Commenting on Psalm 83:1-18
Listen to them, a hungry pack of dogs all giving tongue at once, so sure they will devour Your people that they already shout over the feast. Their pride is brass that always sounds, a cymbal ever tinkling. They lift their heads in confidence, as though their victories were already won.
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When God seems to hold His silence and sit by unmoved, His people have leave to cry out, Lord, speak for us by providence and against our enemies; speak deliverance to us and disappointment to them. With Him saying and doing are the same thing.
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Commenting on Psalm 83:1-8