Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.

Where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Tanya Wilmoth.

So there are some songs that we probably wouldn't choose to have read at our wedding, or we might not always put up for Sunday worship,

but they're still incredibly relevant because they're

real they address the real struggles we face as God's people and Psalm 83 is one of

those it's a prayer for God's people who are in a threatening situation and it's meant to sustain them while they grow

through this very dark and hard time. It is one of the very few Psalms that doesn't end on a high note. I'm going to read you just the first two verses and the first

or the last two verses of this Psalm and I hope that you make time to find the middle part sometime

later today. It says, oh God, do not keep silence, do not

hold your peace or be still oh God. For behold your enemies make an uproar.

Those who hate you have raised their heads in the last two verses let them be put to shame and

dismayed forever let them perish in disgrace that they may know that you alone

whose name is the Lord are the most high over all the Earth.

It's a prayer for God to not be distant or silent, but to be with his people and help them

by thwarting the plans of their enemies who pursue things that are against God

and against God's people.

It's a prayer that the enemy's plans will not be successful,

but that God will bring them to their knees so that they will ultimately know

him in his glory.

There are four things we can learn from this Psalm. Number one, we will have enemies.

Number two, God does not withhold his peace. Number three, there will be justice.

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