Psalms 83:1

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Key Reflection

The opening verse of Psalm 83, which reads "God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God," beckons God to take action against His enemies. This plea for divine intervention underscores the psalm's theme of God’s active involvement in protecting His people from their adversaries.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Keep not thou silence, O God -See the notes atPsalms 28:1. The prayer here is that in the existing emergency God would not seem to be indifferent to the needs and dangers of his people, and to the purposes of their enemies, but that he would speak with a voice of command, and break up their designs. Hold not thy peace -That is, Speak. Give commaud. Disperse them by thine own authority. And be not still, O God -Awake; arouse; be not indifferent to the needs and dangers of thy people. All this is the language of petition; not of command.

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