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It includes[a] the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,[b]
Gebal,[c] Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendants of Lot.[d] (Selah)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:6 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. Psalm 83:6 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.
  3. Psalm 83:7 sn Some identify Gebal with the Phoenician coastal city of Byblos (see Ezek 27:9, where the name is spelled differently), though others locate this site south of the Dead Sea (see BDB 148 s.v. גְּבַל; HALOT 174 s.v. גְּבַל).
  4. Psalm 83:8 tn Heb “they are an arm for the sons of Lot.” The “arm” is here a symbol of military might.sn The descendants of Lot were the Moabites and Ammonites.

the tents of Edom(A) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(B) and the Hagrites,(C)
Byblos,(D) Ammon(E) and Amalek,(F)
    Philistia,(G) with the people of Tyre.(H)
Even Assyria(I) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.