Psalm, Chapter 83
God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
83 O God, do not remain quiet;
Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.
the title of this message is “God implored to confound his enemies”
The first thing to note is sometimes we need to implore God to do something
o Implore definition, to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat
The next thing we learn is what Asaph is urgently begging God for
To Confound His enemies
o confound: [verb] to bring to ruin : destroy. baffle, frustrate.
o Notice the letter H in the word His is capitalized
o This means they are God’s enemies not Asaph’s
o we know that's going to happen
o but it is also an indication of where Asaph’s heart was at this point
§ he was sick of God's enemies causing so much harm to God's children
Chapter 83 verse one
O God, do not remain quiet
o Have you ever wanted God not to remain quiet?
o what a great thing to pray
o Asaph does not want Got to:
§ Be silent or
§ Be still
o Asaph wants God to answer and act
o Anyone else here want God to answer & act?
2 For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,
And those who hate You have [a]exalted themselves.
o Your enemies make an uproar (a loud noise designed to cause fear)
o Notice two things
§ First these are “those who hate God”
§ Second “have exalted themselves” (instead of God)
§ When man thinks he is god, big troubles is on the way
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