Salmos 83:8-18

8 Asiria también se ha unido a ellos; se han convertido en ayuda para los hijos de Lot. (Selah)

9 Trátalos como a Madián, como a Sísara, como a Jabín en el torrente Cisón,

10 que fueron destruidos en Endor, que quedaron como estiércol para la tierra.

11 Pon a sus nobles como a Oreb y Zeeb, y a todos sus príncipes como a Zeba y Zalmuna,

12 que dijeron: apoderémonos de los prados de Dios.

13 Oh Dios mío, ponlos como polvo en remolino; como paja ante el viento.

14 Como fuego que consume el bosque, y como llama que incendia las montañas,

15 así persíguelos con tu tempestad, y aterrorízalos con tu torbellino.

16 Cubre sus rostros de ignominia, para que busquen tu nombre, oh SEÑOR.

17 Sean avergonzados y turbados para siempre; sean humillados y perezcan,

18 para que sepan que sólo tú, que te llamas el SEÑOR, eres el Altísimo sobre toda la tierra.

Salmos 83:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 83

\\<>\\. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of David's smiting the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites, and others, 2Sa 8:1-14, but these did not conjunctly, but separately, fight with David, and were overcome by him; whereas those this psalm makes mention of were in a confederacy together; and besides, the Tyrians in David's time were in friendship with him; but are here mentioned as joining with others against Israel, Ps 83:7, others are of opinion that this was prophetic delivered out with respect to future times, either to the conspiracy of the enemies of the Jews against them in the times of the Maccabees, ``Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much. &c.'' (1 Maccabees 5:1) or rather to the confederacy of the Moabites, Ammonites, and others, in the times of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch 20:1, so Kimchi, Arama, and the generality of interpreters: perhaps reference is had to the enemies of God's people, from age to age, both in the Old and in the New Testament; R. Obadiah understands it of the war of Gog and Magog.