The Meaning of Psalms 83:8 Explained

Psalms 83:8

KJV: Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

YLT: Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

Darby: Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

ASV: Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 83:8?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 83:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 83:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Assur  also is joined  with them: they have holpen  the children  of Lot.  Selah. 

What does Psalms 83:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 83:1-18 - "the Most High Over All The Earth"
This psalm was composed on the occasion described in 2 Chronicles 20:1-37, where we learn that at a great crisis the Spirit of God came on Jahaziel, one of the sons of Asaph, Psalms 83:14. It was written to be sung before the battle, in anticipation of certain victory. The Levites chanted it, with a loud voice on high, as Jehoshaphat's army marched out against the great confederacy of nations, which threatened the very existence of Israel. There were strong reasons for God's interposition, for Israel's foes were God's foes also. It was His people that were the target of this crafty conspiracy. Were they not His hidden ones, Psalms 83:3? Should a hostile world pluck them from the hollow of His hand? When our life is "hid with Christ in God," we may confidently appeal for His safe-keeping.
The fate here imprecated savors of Moses rather than of Jesus Christ, Psalms 83:9-18. Our Lord's way is to seek the conversion of the heathen. At the same time it may at least be urged that Israel did not pray thus to gratify a personal vindictiveness, but that the great world of men might know God to be Jehovah. Out of the mighty convulsions that sweep across society, we know that the coming of the divine Kingdom is somehow being prepared. God can make even the wrath of man to praise Him, Psalms 76:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 83

1  A complaint to God of the enemies conspiracies
9  A prayer against those who oppress the Church

What do the individual words in Psalms 83:8 mean?

also Assyria has joined with them they have helped the sons of Lot Selah
גַּם־ אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה

גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
אַ֭שּׁוּר  Assyria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
נִלְוָ֣ה  has  joined 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לָוָה 
Sense: to join, be joined.
עִמָּ֑ם  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
הָ֤י֥וּ  they  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
זְר֖וֹעַ  helped 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: זְרֹועַ  
Sense: arm, forearm, shoulder, strength.
לִבְנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
ל֣וֹט  of  Lot 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֹוט  
Sense: son of Haran and Abraham’s nephew who settled in Sodom and was delivered from its destruction by God.
סֶֽלָה  Selah 
Parse: Interjection
Root: סֶלָה  
Sense: to lift up, exalt.

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