Psalms 83:1

Psalms 83:1 says, A Song or Psalm of Asaph. After being identified as a psalm of Asaph, verse one says, Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.  Asaph called on God to not remain silent.  If we feel that God is being silent in our life today, we need to ask what we have allowed to come between Him and us.  Verse two adds, For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.  Asaph said that God needed to speak because His enemies were making a tumult and killing His people.  The world may be making a lot of noise in speaking out against God and those of us who follow Him today, even killing them at times, but God has not deserted us.  Even if we don't feel that God is still active in the world, He always has been and always will be.  Verse three continues, They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.  Just as those who did not believe in and follow God's law then were crafty, so are those who stand against Him today.  They attempt to make sin the normal standard, by any method available.  Verse four states, They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.  Asaph said the enemies of God sought to destroy Israel to the point that it, and therefore the God of Israel, would no longer be remembered.  Some countries today attempt to destroy God's people with the hope that He will no longer be remembered, but they will never be successful.  Verse five adds, For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:  Those who oppose God may not speak with each other, but they are still united in purpose today, and that is to destroy God and all those who put their faith in Him.  Verse six says, The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;  Verse seven adds, Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;  Verse eight continues, Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.  Asaph then listed many of the nations that were against God's people.  We could list many nations today who are against us as followers of Christ, but we could also list many groups who are a part of our nation who are out to do the same thing.