Psalms 83:1

"KEEP not thou silence O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2-For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head." (This is a patriotic hymn. The nation was about to be attacked by many adversaries so, like a true patriot, the poet desired that God would give the victory to his people and deliver them. We may regard this psalm as a prophecy of what will happen to the enemies of God's people, though it reads like a prayer or wish of the writer. God's enemies are making a noise, and the psalmist's prayer is that the Lord himself will speak and answer them. God's voice made the heavens and the earth. A single word from him will win the day. The poet's prayer is not, "Grant a leader bold and brave," but, "Lord, speak, speak!" The enemies of Israel were the enemies of God. If they were only our enemies, we might keep silent, but as they are also the enemies of God, our loyalty to the Lord compels us to cry to him to speak against them!)

Charles H. Spurgeon