The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 83:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. A crisis has come which calls for the Divine interference. If his people are to be saved, God must no longer sit still. Compare the frequent calls on God to "arise" (Psalms 3:7; Psalms 7:6; Psalms 44:26; Psalms 68:1, etc.

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