Psalm 83

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Psalm 83 is a biblical psalm that is a communal lament and plea for divine intervention against hostile nations threatening Israel.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Psalm 83 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm ⓘ
communal lament ⓘ
addresses God of Israel ⓘ
linked to: YHWH
bookNumber 19 (Book of Psalms) ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Christianity ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ
centralRequest that God would defeat Israel’s enemies ⓘ
that God would not remain silent ⓘ
containsPetition for God to make enemies like whirling dust ⓘ
for God to pursue enemies with His tempest ⓘ
for God to treat enemies like Jabin at the river Kishon ⓘ
for God to treat enemies like Midian ⓘ
for God to treat enemies like Sisera ⓘ
expresses confidence in God’s sovereignty ⓘ
desire that adversaries know God is Most High over all the earth ⓘ
desire that nations seek the name of the Lord ⓘ
genre imprecatory psalm ⓘ
lament ⓘ
imagery enemies compared to a roaring, tumultuous crowd ⓘ
enemies described as a confederation of nations ⓘ
languageOfComposition Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
literaryForm communal prayer ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy and prayer ⓘ
Jewish liturgy (select verses in some traditions) ⓘ
locatedInCanon Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
mentionsEntity Amalek ⓘ
linked to: Amalekites

Ammon ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Edom ⓘ
Gebal ⓘ
Hagrites ⓘ
Ishmaelites ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
Philistia ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
numberingVariant Psalm 82 in the Greek Septuagint ⓘ
linked to: Psalm 82

Psalm 82 in the Latin Vulgate ⓘ
linked to: Psalm 82
openingWordsEnglish O God, do not keep silence ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms
positionInPsalter near the end of Book III of Psalms ⓘ
primaryTheme judgment on hostile nations ⓘ
plea for divine intervention ⓘ
protection of Israel ⓘ
psalmNumber 83 ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Asaph ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asaph → creditedWith → Psalm 83 ⓘ
Psalms of Asaph → containsPsalm → Psalm 83 ⓘ
Book III of Psalms → composedOf → Psalm 83 ⓘ