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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 83 A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of David's smiting the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites, and others, 2 Samuel 8:1, but these did not conjunctly, but separately, fight with David, and were overcome by him; whereas those this psalm makes mention of were in a...
John Gill
Gebal,.... Gubleans, or Gebalites, as the Targum; the same with Giblites, Joshua 23:5, or men of Gebal, Ezekiel 27:9 the same with Byblus: these dwelt in Phoenicia, near Tyre, where Pliny (g) makes mention of a place called Gabale: the Syriac version joins it with Ammon, and renders it "the border of Ammon": and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre; these are well known...
Matthew Henry
This psalm is the last of those that go under the name of Asaph. It is penned, as most of those, upon a public account, with reference to the insults of the church's enemies, who sought its ruin. Some think it was penned upon occasion of the threatening descent which was made upon the land of Judah in Jehoshaphat's time by the Moabites and Ammonites, those children of Lot here spoken of (ver. 8),...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; All these were hereditary enemies of Israel, Amalek especially so, for God had determined that there should be war with Amalek throughout all generations. Psa_83:7. The Philistines — These were the old enemies of Israel. Remember how Samson fought with them, and what tugs of war David had with them. Psa_83:7. With the inhabitants of Tyre; What were they about in...