Psalm 83:2

2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.

Psalm 83:2 in Other Translations

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.

2 Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?

2 Your enemies are out there whooping it up, the God-haters are living it up;

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

2 Look, your enemies are in an uproar. Those who hate you hold their heads high.

2 See how Your enemies make an uproar; those who hate You have acted arrogantly.

2 See how your enemies are getting ready for action. See how they are rising up against you.

Psalm 83:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:2

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult
Or "a noise" ^F4: wicked men are commonly noisy, roaring out their blasphemies against God, belching out oaths and curses, and breathing threatenings and slaughter against the saints; especially a numerous army of them, consisting of many people and nations, as this did; who are called the Lord's "enemies", being the enemies of his people, and their cause and his are one and the same; and besides, all wicked men are enemies to God, and all that is good, in their minds, and which appears by their actions; yea, they are enmity itself unto him:

and they that hate thee have lift up the head;
are haughty, proud, and arrogant; speak loftily, and with a stiff neck; set their mouth against heaven, and God in it; and their tongue walks through the earth, and spares none; they exult and rejoice, as sure of victory, before the battle is fought; such then were, and such there are, who are haters of God, hate his being, perfections, purposes, and providences; hate his Son without a cause, and even do despite unto the Spirit of grace; hate the law and its precepts, the Gospel and its doctrines and ordinances, and the ways, worship, and people of God, as appears by what follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Nwymhy) "sonuerunt", V. L. "perstrepunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "strepunt", Gejerus.

Psalm 83:2 In-Context

1 O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.

2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.

3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.

4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”

5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 2:1; Isaiah 17:12
• 2. Judges 8:28; Psalms 81:15