Psalms 83:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱלֹהִ֥ים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָ֑ךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַ֖שׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ט אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhîm ʾal-domî-lāḵ ʾal-teḥĕraš weʾal-tišqōṭ ʾēl

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God (with singular meaning)
• *ʾal-domî-lāḵ*: negative particle + noun construct + preposition with 2ms suffix - not silence to you
• *ʾal-teḥĕraš*: negative particle + 2ms Qal jussive - do not be silent/deaf
• *weʾal-tišqōṭ*: conjunction + negative particle + 2ms Qal jussive - and do not be still/quiet
• *ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/Mighty One

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
• *domî*: silence/stillness/rest
• *ḥāraš*: be silent/deaf/inactive
• *šāqaṭ*: be quiet/still/at rest
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one

Referenced Verses

• Ps 81:15 : 15 The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever.
• Judg 8:28 : 28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
• 2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
• Ps 2:1-2 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed,{The word "anointed" is the same as the word for "Messiah" or "Christ"} saying,
• Ps 74:4 : 4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
• Ps 74:23 : 23 Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
• Ps 75:4-5 : 4 I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast;" To the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn. 5 Don't lift up your horn on high. Don't speak with a stiff neck."
• Ps 93:3 : 3 The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, The floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
• Isa 17:12 : 12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 37:29 : 29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
• Jer 1:19 : 19 They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.
• Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whoever he will. 22 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
• Matt 27:24 : 24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
• Acts 4:25-27 : 25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing? 26 The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take council together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ{Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One. (Compare Psalm 2)}.' 27 For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
• Acts 16:22 : 22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
• Acts 17:5 : 5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along{TR reads "And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along" instead of "But the unpersuaded Jews took along"} some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
• Acts 19:28-41 : 28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" 29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel. 30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn't allow him. 31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together. 33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people. 34 But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" 35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? 36 Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash. 37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess. 38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another. 39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly. 40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion." 41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
• Acts 21:30 : 30 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
• Acts 23:10 : 10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.