Psalm 83:1 {82:1}
Good News Translation
O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet!

New Revised Standard Version
O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

Contemporary English Version
Our God, don't just sit there, silently doing nothing!

New American Bible
A song; a psalm of Asaph. [2] God, do not be silent; God, do not be deaf or remain unmoved!

Douay-Rheims Bible
A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. [2] O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. [2] O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.

A.

3416. B.C.

588. A song. Some refer this Psalm to the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.

keep

Psalm 28:1 A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalm 35:22 Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me.

Psalm 44:23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.

Psalm 50:3 God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.

Psalm 109:1,2 Unto the end, a psalm for David. . . .

be not

Isaiah 42:14 I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.

Context
Do Not Be Still, O God
1A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. [2] O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.2For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.…
Cross References
Psalm 28:1
A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalm 35:22
Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me.

Psalm 109:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David.

Daniel 6:7
All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges, have consulted together, that an imperial decree, and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of the lions.

Psalm 82:8
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