of Asaph.
Oh God.....do not keep silent! Don't hold Your peace. Don't be still. Your enemies rise up in a coalition against Israel....with the thought of annihilating them.....so that they will not be remembered.
Of note, it is said that the enemies hate God.......not Israel. But they can't come directly against Him, so it is His people they attack.
10 nations are listed, all surrounding Israel, indicating the scope of the uprising.
Likewise, past instances of victory from the period of the Judges are recalled.
Recall the defeat of Midian by Gideon in Judges 7:15-25.
Recall the kings, Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah and Zalmunna defeated by Deborah and Barak in Judges 4:12-16.
Defeat the current enemy as You defeated them! Lay them waste! May they be as dust and chaff on the wind....helpless and weak. Pursue them relentlessly, like fire throught a wood. Frighten them, like a tempest.
May they be shamed and confounded. Dismayed (instead of their pride). May they perish.
All this.....that they may know You.
For You, alone, are God.
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Note that the psalmist's concern doesn't seem to be primarily rescue from the situation, but in preserving God's Name and fame. How often do we only seek to be released from the troublesome situation we find ourselves in, with no concern for God's name?
Or no concern to grow in knowledge and wisdom through His molding of us through the situation? Or no concern to see the sin that we are being disciplined for.
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