Mazmur 50:2

50:2 From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, ¹ 

God comes in splendor. ² 

Mazmur 83:1-2

Psalm 83 ³ 

A song, a psalm of Asaph.

83:1 O God, do not be silent!

Do not ignore us! ⁴  Do not be inactive, O God!

83:2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;

those who hate you are hostile. ⁵ 

[50:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the perfection of beauty.”

[50:2]  ² tn Or “shines forth.”

[50:2]  sn Comes in splendor. The psalmist may allude ironically to Deut 33:2, where God “shines forth” from Sinai and comes to superintend Moses’ blessing of the tribes.

[83:1]  ³ sn Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated.

[83:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “do not be deaf.”

[83:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg 8:28.