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O God, Be Not Silent

Psalms 83:1

In 11 translations

BSB
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.Or deaf
KJV
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.of Asaph: or, for Asaph
WEB
God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
ASV
O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
LSV
A SONG. A PSALM OF ASAPH. O God, let there be no silence to You, || Do not be silent, nor be quiet, O God.
YLT
A Song, — A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
DBY
O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:ElohimEl
DRC82:2
O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.
GNV
A song, or Psalme committed to Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: bee not still, and cease not, O God.
JPS83:2
O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.
LXXE82:2
O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC83:2
אֱלֹהִ֥ים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָ֑ךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַ֖שׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ט אֵֽל׃KJV:Ps.83.1
LXX-Br82:2
Ὁ Θεὸς, τίς ὁμοιωθήσεταί σοι; μὴ σιγήσῃς, μηδὲ καταπραΰνῃς ὁ Θεός.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
  • Psalms 35:22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
  • Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
  • Psalms 109:1–2O God of my praise, be not silent. For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
  • Isaiah 42:14“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
  • Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 83:2 in some Bibles
  • 83:1-2 in some Bibles
  • 83:1 in most Bibles

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