Psalms 83

A Song or Psalme] See the Observations on Psal. XLVIII. title.

This Song seems composed and inspired, as a forme of Prayer, when the Church and people of the Jewes were in great danger by many enemies conspiring against them, to destroy them: And this likely either in the dayes of David, 2 Sam. VIII. or rather long after Davids time, in the dayes of Jehoshaphat; or of Ezekiah.

Psalms 83:3

thy hidden ones] Hidden as his peculiar treasure, Exod. XIX. 5. secret, preserved under the shadow of his wings, Psal. XVII. 8. & XXVII. 5. and XXXI. 20. Whose life also is hid with Christ in God, Col. III. 3.

Psalms 83:6

Hagarens] And Hagarites, 1 Chro. V. 10, 19, 20. So called from Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, Gen. 16.

Psalms 83:7

Gebal] The Giblites, near Sidon, whence Solomon had stone-cutters, 1 Kings V. 18. Ezek. XXVII. 9. See Josh. XIII. 5.

Psalms 83:10

Endor] In Manasseh; East from Dor, which lay on the mid-land sea Saul goeth to a Witch at Endor; which indeed was not farre from the mountains of Gilboa, where Saul was slaine. Taanach, and Megiddo not far from it.

Psalms 83:18

whose name alone is Jehovah] Which hath his being of himself, Exod. III. 14. Deut. VI. 4. An eternal Being, Esay XLIV. 6. Apoc. I. 4, 8. and IV. 8. and XI. 17. and XVI. 5. And giveth being to all things, Acts XVII. 25. to his word, and promises, and threatnings, Exod. VI. 3. Ezek. VII. 27. See the Observations on Esay XXVI. 4 of Jehovi, see the Observations on Psal. LXXI. 5. Of Jah, see the Observations on Psal. LXVIII. 4.