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Psalm 83:6-8
New English Translation
Psalm 83:6-8
New English Translation
6 It includes[a] the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,[b]
7 Gebal,[c] Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendants of Lot.[d] (Selah)
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:6 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Psalm 83:6 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.
- Psalm 83:7 sn Some identify Gebal with the Phoenician coastal city of Byblos (see Ezek 27:9, where the name is spelled differently), though others locate this site south of the Dead Sea (see BDB 148 s.v. גְּבַל; HALOT 174 s.v. גְּבַל).
- Psalm 83:8 tn Heb “they are an arm for the sons of Lot.” The “arm” is here a symbol of military might.sn The descendants of Lot were the Moabites and Ammonites.
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