Psalm 83: Psalms for Shepherds

Today, we’re in Psalm 83, and if you’ve ever felt like God was silent in the midst of trouble in your life, this is the psalm for you!1 O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.3 They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”5 For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant—6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;8 Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,10 who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,12 who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.”13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,[a] like chaff before the wind.14 As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,15 so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord.17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.Be assured today that God knows exactly the situation you and I are in right now. If you’re in a desperate, tough place, I encourage you to do what Asaph did: employ prayer and call out to God. Tell him every detail that you know about your situation, then list all the times and ways from the past that God has saved you... and ask Him to do it again. He will be faithful to you. May you live deeply into your calling this week.