Psalms 83:1
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Read in contextPsalms 35:22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Read in contextPsalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Read in contextPsalms 109:1–2
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Read in contextIsaiah 42:14
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Read in contextPsalms 44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
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