Monday, March 24, 2008
Psalm 83

I realise that David's Psalms are more of a realistic plea to God for help... At least i understood what he is trying to say and there is some realism in it... but Asaph's Psalms are different in a way that they describe things in a metaphoric way...

This time Psalms 83 is a plea to God to take action and not stand back and watch... Ps 83:1 "O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still."

It describes the enemies and their plot: Ps 83:3-5 " With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you"

It also states how God handled them in the past with extra descriptions on how God will deal with them and to ask God to deliever His people from the enemies and to show the enemies who He is.. Ps 83:18 "Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD—that you alone are the Most High over all the earth."

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