KJV King James Version
A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
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Psalm 83:1
A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
WEB World English Bible
A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
ASV American Standard Version
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A Song,—A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.
Surrounding context — Psalm 83
1 A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
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Psalm 28:1[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.Psalm 35:22[This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.Psalm 50:3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.Isaiah 42:14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.Psalm 109:1-2To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;Psalm 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
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