Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
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
These enemies looked at God's temple and Israel's homes and said, 'They are ours now', dark ambition, yes, but empty boasting. Any man who robs God's house will find it cursed; the plunder will plague him and his children forever. It is vain to say 'Let us take' when God alone gives and withholds.
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Let the enemy's fate be what befell Midian, Sisera, and Jabin: total rout. God is unchanging toward His people and unchanged against their foes. The Midianites were routed by their own terror more than by Gideon's three hundred; Sisera's army became as dung on the earth. So shall these confederates perish, and Israel be preserved.
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Commenting on Psalm 83:9-18