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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 103. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/103/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 103. Psalm 83

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[¶0] A Song [or] Psalm, of Asaph

[¶1] 1 O God! keep not silence with thyself; Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God!

[¶2] 2 For behold! thy enemies make a tumult: And those who hate thee have lifted up the head.

[¶3] 3 Against thy people they have craftily formed a design, And have consulted against thy hidden ones.

[¶4] 4 They have said, “Come and let us cut them off from being a nation; “And let there be no remembrance of the name of Israel any more.”

[¶5] 5 For they have consulted with the heart together; Against thee a covenant they have made.

[¶6] 6 The tents of Edom, and of the Ishmaelites; Of Moab and of the Hagarenes.

[¶7] 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; The Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.

[¶8] 8 Also Assur is associated with them: They have been an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

[¶9] 9 Do to them as to the Midianites, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon.

[¶10] 10 They perished at Endor; They became manure for the earth.

[¶11] 11 Make them, [even] their princes, like Oreb, and like Zeeb; And like Zebah, and like Zalmunna, all their princes.

[¶12] 12 Who have said, “Let us take in possession for ourselves “The habitations of God.”

[¶13] 13 O my God! make them like a whirling ball; Like stubble before the wind.

[¶14] 14 As fire burneth a forest, And as the flame kindleth the mountains,

[¶15] 15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And with thy whirlwind terrify them.

[¶16] 16 Fill their faces with shame; That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah!

[¶17] 17 Let them be ashamed, and terrified for ever; And let them be confounded, and perish.

[¶18] 18 And let them know that thou, even thou, art, thy name Jehovah, Thou alone the Most High over all the earth.