Passage Research
Psalm 83 — Sermon Preparation
An Asaph psalm listing the nations conspiring to destroy Israel and imploring God to scatter them as he did ancient enemies. Below is a research summary for Psalm 83, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 130 / 106
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 83 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּהַל | bâhal | H926 | 2 | tremble, palpitate |
| עַד | ʻad | H5703 | 2 | terminus, duration |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 3 | appellation, honor |
| יָעַץ | yâʻats | H3289 | 2 | advise, deliberate |
| שִׁית | shîyth | H7896 | 2 | place |
| גְּבָל | Gᵉbâl | H1381 | 1 | Gebal |
| דְּמִי | dᵉmîy | H1824 | 1 | quiet |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 83, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that will bring them to seek thy name. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 83:9–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- En-dor— Ps 83:10
- Edom— Ps 83:6
- Moab 1— Ps 83:6
- Amalek— Ps 83:7
- Ammon— Ps 83:7
- Gebal 2— Ps 83:7
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