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not; behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of Thy
possession, which Thou hast given us to inherit. O our God, wilt Thou
not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that
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cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon
Thee.”
Verses 3-12
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With confidence Jehoshaphat could say to the Lord, “Our eyes are
upon thee.” For years he had taught the people to trust in the One who
in past ages had so often interposed to save His chosen ones from utter
destruction; and now, when the kingdom was in peril, Jehoshaphat
did not stand alone; “all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little
ones, their wives, and their children.”
Verse 13
. Unitedly they fasted
and prayed; unitedly they besought the Lord to put their enemies to
confusion, that the name of Jehovah might be glorified.
“Keep not Thou silence, O God:
Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.
For, lo, Thine enemies make a tumult:
And they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
They have taken crafty counsel against Thy people,
And consulted against Thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from
being a nation;
That the name of Israel may be no more in remem-
brance.
For they have consulted together with one consent:
They are confederate against Thee:
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites;
Of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek....
Do unto them as unto the Midianites;
As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: ...
Let them be confounded and troubled forever;
Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
That men may know that Thou, whose name alone is
Jehovah,
Art the Most High over all the earth.”
Psalm 83
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