Focused Passage

Psalms 83:5-8

The Nations' Conspiracy and the LORD Most High Over All the Earth

The psalm moves from a plea that God not be silent, to the enemy uproar and conspiracy against His treasured people, to the naming of a broad hostile coalition, to historical appeals for God to repeat His saving judgments, to storm-and-fire imagery of enemy overthrow, and finally to the ultimate purpose that the LORD's name be sought and known as supreme over all the earth.

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5For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—

6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

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Verse 5

Original words

Forכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionwith one mindלֵ֣בH3820Noun - masculine singularthey plotנוֹעֲצ֣וּH3289Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluraltogetherיַחְדָּ֑וH3162Adverbthey formיִכְרֹֽתוּ׃H3772Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralan allianceבְּרִ֣יתH1285Noun - feminine singularagainst Youעָ֝לֶ֗יךָH5921Preposition | second person masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

the tentsאָהֳלֵ֣יH168Noun - masculine plural constructof Edomאֱ֭דוֹםH123Noun - proper - masculine singularand the Ishmaelitesוְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗יםH3459Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine pluralof Moabמוֹאָ֥בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularand the Hagritesוְהַגְרִֽים׃H1905Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Verse 7

Original words

[of] Gebalגְּבָ֣לH1381Noun - proper - masculine singularAmmonוְ֭עַמּוֹןH5983Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularand Amalekוַעֲמָלֵ֑קH6002Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular[of] Philistiaפְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁתH6429Noun - proper - feminine singularwithעִם־H5973Prepositionthe peopleיֹ֥שְׁבֵיH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Tyreצֽוֹר׃H6865Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 8

Original words

Evenגַּם־H1571ConjunctionAssyriaאַ֭שּׁוּרH804Noun - proper - feminine singularhas joinedנִלְוָ֣הH3867Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthemעִמָּ֑םH5973Preposition | third person masculine plurallendingהָ֤י֥וּH1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralstrengthזְר֖וֹעַH2220Noun - feminine singularto the sonsלִבְנֵי־H1121Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural constructof Lotל֣וֹטH3876Noun - proper - masculine singularSelahסֶֽלָה׃H5542Interjection

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