God Implored to Confound His Enemies

83 O God, do not keep silent;
be not quiet, O God, be not still.

Psa 83:1
Be not quiet—Or, "be not deaf" to the cries and tears of his people, and to the reproaches, menaces, and blasphemies of wicked men:

Be not quiet, O God, be not still—Here the appeal is to EL., the Mighty One. He is entreated to act and speak, because his nation suffers and is in great jeopardy. How entirely the psalmist looks to God; he asks not for "a leader bold and brave," or for any form of human force, but casts his burden upon the Lord, being well assured that his eternal power and Godhead could meet every difficulty of the case.

O God, be not still—Or, "quiet," at rest and ease, inactive and unconcerned, as if he cared not how things went; the reason follows.

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Used by permission www.onlinebible.us

אל־תחרש "ne obsurdescas," Vatablus; "ne surdum agas," Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ne quasi surdus et mutus sis," Michaelis.

אל תשקט "ne quiescas," Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus; "neque quietus sis," Michaelis.

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