Psalm 83

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Psalm 83 is a biblical psalm that is a communal lament and plea for divine intervention against hostile nations threatening Israel.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 83 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm
communal lament
addresses YHWH
surface form: God of Israel
bookNumber 19 (Book of Psalms)
canonicalStatus canonical in Christianity
canonical in Judaism
centralRequest that God would defeat Israel’s enemies
that God would not remain silent
containsPetition for God to make enemies like whirling dust
for God to pursue enemies with His tempest
for God to treat enemies like Jabin at the river Kishon
for God to treat enemies like Midian
for God to treat enemies like Sisera
expresses confidence in God’s sovereignty
desire that adversaries know God is Most High over all the earth
desire that nations seek the name of the Lord
genre imprecatory psalm
lament
imagery enemies compared to a roaring, tumultuous crowd
enemies described as a confederation of nations
languageOfComposition Biblical Hebrew
literaryForm communal prayer
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy and prayer
Jewish liturgy (select verses in some traditions)
locatedInCanon Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh
surface form: Old Testament
mentionsEntity Amalekites
surface form: Amalek

Ammon
Assyria
Edom
Gebal
Hagrites
Ishmaelites
Israel
Judah
Moab
Philistia
Tyre
numberingVariant Psalm 82
surface form: Psalm 82 in the Greek Septuagint

Psalm 82
surface form: Psalm 82 in the Latin Vulgate
openingWordsEnglish O God, do not keep silence
partOf Psalms
surface form: Book of Psalms
positionInPsalter near the end of Book III of Psalms
primaryTheme judgment on hostile nations
plea for divine intervention
protection of Israel
psalmNumber 83
traditionallyAttributedTo Asaph

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Asaph creditedWith Psalm 83