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Psalm 83

1 The people of Iſraél praie vnto the Lord to deliuer thẽ from their enemies bothe at home and farre of, which imagined nothing but their deſtruction. 9 And thei deſire that all ſuche wicked people maie, according as God was accuſtomed, be ſtriken with the ſtormie tempeſt of Gods wrath, 18 That thei maie knowe that the Lord is moſte high vpon the earth.
¶ A ſong, or Pſalme committed to Aſáph.
1.KEpe not thou ſilence, ô God: be not ſtil and ceaſe not, ô God.
2.For lo, thine enemies make a tumulte: & they yt hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.
3.Thei haue taken craftie counſel againſt thy people, and haue conſulted againſt thy ſecret ones.
4.Thei haue ſaid, Come and let vs cut them of from being a nation: and let the name of Iſraél be no more in remẽbrance.
5.For thei haue conſulted together in heart, & haue made a league againſt thee:
6.The tabernacles of Edóm, & the Iſhmaelites, Moáb and the Agarims:
7.Gebál and Ammón, and Amaléch, the Philiſtims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:
8.Aſſhúr alſo is ioyned with thẽ: thei haue bene an arme to the children of Lot. Sélah.
9.Do thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Siſerá & as to Iabín at the riuer of Kiſhón.
10.Thei periſhed at En-dór, & were dongue for the earth.
11.Make thẽ, euen their princes like Oréb and like Zéeb: yea, all their princes like Zébah and like Zalmuná.
12.Which haue ſaid, Let vs take for our poſſeſsion the habitacions of God.
13.O my God, make thẽ like vnto a whele, & as the ſtubble before the winde.
14.As the fyer burneth the foreſt, and as the flame ſetteth the mountaines on fyre:
15.So perſecute them with thy tempeſt, and make them afraied with thy ſtorme.
16.Fil their faces with ſhame, that thei maie ſeke thy Name, ô Lord.
17.Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to ſhame and periſh,
18.That they maie knowe that thou, which art called Iehouáh, art alone, euen the moſte High ouer all the earth.

Notes

1:a.
This Pſalme ſemeth to haue bene cõpoſed, as a forme of praier againſt the dangers that the Church was in in the daies of Ioſhaphat.
2:b.
He calleth them Gods enemies, wc are enemies to his Church
3:c.
The elect of God are his ſecret ones: for he hideth thẽ in the ſecret of his tabernacle, & preſerueth them frõ all dangers
4:d.
Thei were not content to take ye Church as priſoner, but ſoght vtterly to deſtroy it.
5:e.
By all ſecret meanes.
5:f.
Thei thoght to haue ſubiected thy coũſel, wherein ye perpetuitie of the Church was eſtabliſhed.
8:g.
The wickednes of the Am monites & Mo abites is deſcri bed, in yt they prouoked theſe other natiõs to fight againſt the Iſraelites their brethren.
9:h.
By theſe examples, thei were cõfirmed that God wolde not ſuffer his people to be vtterly deſtroied, Iudg 7,21 and 4,15
10:i.
Troden vnder fete as myre *Iud 7,25 & 8,21.
11:*.
Or, Zéb.
12:k.
That is, Iudea: for where as Church is, there dwelleth he among them.
13:l.
Becauſe the reprobate colde by no meanes be amẽded, he praieth yt thei maie vtterly be deſtroied, be vnſtable & led with all windes
16:m.
That is, be compelled by thy plagues to confeſſe thy power
18:n.
Thogh they beleue not, yet thei maie proue by experiẽce, that it is in vaine to reſiſt againſt thy coũſel in eſtabliſhing thy Church