Psalms 83:1
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- KJV
- Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- WEB
- God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
- ASV
- O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- DARBY
- {A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
- BLB
- A song. A Psalm of Asaph. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O God, [keep] no silence to You; do not be silent, and do not be still, O God.
- ÅB
- Gud, ti ikke! Vær ikke stille og hold deg ikke rolig, Gud!
- OTB
- Gud, vær ikke stille;
Vær ikke taus, og Gud, vær ikke rolig. - B1930
- Gud, ti ikke! Vær ikke stille og hold dig ikke rolig, Gud!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 28:1
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Read in contextPsalms 35:22
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Read in contextPsalms 50:3
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Read in contextPsalms 109:1–2
O God of my praise, be not silent.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:14
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
Read in contextPsalms 44:23
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
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