## Psalms Chapter 83

###### Psalms 83:1
[Psalms 83:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:1)

שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְאָסָֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Poem, A Psalm of Asaf.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A song, a psalm of Asaf.


###### Psalms 83:2
[Psalms 83:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:2)

אֱלֹהִ֥ים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָ֑ךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַ֖שׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ט אֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not keep silence, O God: do not hold Thy peace, and be still, O God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, do not remain silent [(to our abuses, wherein our enemies abuse us)]. Let the Almighty not be mute nor still.


###### Psalms 83:3
[Psalms 83:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:3)

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה א֭וֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֶ֗יךָ נָ֣שְׂאוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For lo, Thy enemies make a tumult: and they who hate Thee have lifted up the head.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your foes are tumultuous; Your haters have raised their heads.


###### Psalms 83:4
[Psalms 83:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:4)

עַֽל־עַ֭מְּךָ יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ ס֑וֹד וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּ עַל־צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They take crafty counsel against Thy people, and consult against Thy hidden ones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have been subtle in counsel against Your people. They have plotted against Your hidden ones [(Israel)].


###### Psalms 83:5
[Psalms 83:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:5)

אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Yisra᾽el may be no more in remembrance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have said: Let us go and cut them off from [being] a nation; let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.


###### Psalms 83:6
[Psalms 83:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:6)

כִּ֤י נוֹעֲצ֣וּ לֵ֣ב יַחְדָּ֑ו עָ֝לֶ֗יךָ בְּרִ֣ית יִכְרֹֽתוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against Thee:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they have taken heart-counsel together; they have entered into a covenant against You. [(You being known as "the G d of Israel," if they go lost, Your great name will not be mentioned.)]


###### Psalms 83:7
[Psalms 83:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:7)

אׇהֳלֵ֣י אֱ֭דוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים מוֹאָ֥ב וְהַגְרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the tents of Edom, and the Yishme᾽elim; of Mo᾽av, and the Hagrim;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moav and the Hagrites.


###### Psalms 83:8
[Psalms 83:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:8)

גְּבָ֣ל וְ֭עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת עִם־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Geval, and ῾Ammon, and ῾Amaleq; Peleshet with the inhabitants of Żor;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Geval, Ammon, and Amalek, Plasheth and the inhabitants of Tzor.


###### Psalms 83:9
[Psalms 83:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:9)

גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤יֽוּ־זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Ashshur also is joined with them: they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Ashur, too, [(who in the past avoided rash counsels)] joined them. They were [ever] a [mighty] arm to the sons of Lot [i.e., they abetted our neighbors, Ammon and Moav, in attacking us].


###### Psalms 83:10
[Psalms 83:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:10)

עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do to them as to Midyan; as to Sisera, as to Yavin, at the wadi of Qishon:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do to them as [You did] to Midian [(through Gideon)]; to Sisra and to Yavin in the river-bed of Kishon [(through Barak)].


###### Psalms 83:11
[Psalms 83:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:11)

נִשְׁמְד֥וּ בְֽעֵין־דֹּ֑אר הָ֥יוּ דֹ֝֗מֶן לָאֲדָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who perished at ῾En-dor: they became like dung on the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They were destroyed in Ein Dor; they were as dung on the ground.


###### Psalms 83:12
[Psalms 83:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:12)

שִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ נְ֭דִיבֵימוֹ כְּעֹרֵ֣ב וְכִזְאֵ֑ב וּֽכְזֶ֥בַח וּ֝כְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע כׇּל־נְסִיכֵֽימוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Make their nobles like ῾Orev, and like Ze᾽ev: and all their princes like Zevaĥ, and Żalmunna:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Make their princes as ravens and wolves; and as Zevach and Tzalmuna [(princes of Midian slain by Gideon)] all of their lords.


###### Psalms 83:13
[Psalms 83:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:13)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָ֭מְרוּ נִ֣ירְשָׁה לָּ֑נוּ אֵ֝֗ת נְא֣וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who said, Let us seize for our possession the pastures of God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because they said: Let us inherit for ourselves the habitation of G d [i.e., the Temple].


###### Psalms 83:14
[Psalms 83:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:14)

אֱֽלֹהַ֗י שִׁיתֵ֥מוֹ כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל כְּ֝קַ֗שׁ לִפְנֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O my God, make them like the whirling chaff: like the stubble before the wind.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, make them as thistles, as stubble before the wind.


###### Psalms 83:15
[Psalms 83:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:15)

כְּאֵ֥שׁ תִּבְעַר־יָ֑עַר וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט הָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As a fire burning the forest, as a flame lighting up the mountains.


###### Psalms 83:16
[Psalms 83:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:16)

כֵּ֭ן תִּרְדְּפֵ֣ם בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ וּבְסוּפָתְךָ֥ תְבַהֲלֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy storm.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Thus pursue them with Your tempest, confound them with Your whirlwind.


###### Psalms 83:17
[Psalms 83:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:17)

מַלֵּ֣א פְנֵיהֶ֣ם קָל֑וֹן וִיבַקְשׁ֖וּ שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fill their faces with shame, till they seek Your name, O L rd.


###### Psalms 83:18
[Psalms 83:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:18)

יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲל֥וּ עֲדֵי־עַ֗ד וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them be confounded and affrighted forever; and let them be put to shame, and perish:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They will be shamed and confounded forever; they will be abashed and go lost.


###### Psalms 83:19
[Psalms 83:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/83:19)

וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ כִּי־אַתָּ֬ה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֣ה לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן עַל־כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that men may know that thou alone, whose name is the Lord, art the most high over all the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [then all] will know that Your name alone is "L rd," that You are supreme over all the earth.