The Meaning of Psalms 83:12 Explained

Psalms 83:12

KJV: Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

YLT: Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

Darby: For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.

ASV: Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Who said,  Let us take to ourselves the houses  of God  in possession. 

What does Psalms 83:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 83:1-18 - "the Most High Over All The Earth"
This psalm was composed on the occasion described in 2 Chronicles 20:1-37, where we learn that at a great crisis the Spirit of God came on Jahaziel, one of the sons of Asaph, Psalms 83:14. It was written to be sung before the battle, in anticipation of certain victory. The Levites chanted it, with a loud voice on high, as Jehoshaphat's army marched out against the great confederacy of nations, which threatened the very existence of Israel. There were strong reasons for God's interposition, for Israel's foes were God's foes also. It was His people that were the target of this crafty conspiracy. Were they not His hidden ones, Psalms 83:3? Should a hostile world pluck them from the hollow of His hand? When our life is "hid with Christ in God," we may confidently appeal for His safe-keeping.
The fate here imprecated savors of Moses rather than of Jesus Christ, Psalms 83:9-18. Our Lord's way is to seek the conversion of the heathen. At the same time it may at least be urged that Israel did not pray thus to gratify a personal vindictiveness, but that the great world of men might know God to be Jehovah. Out of the mighty convulsions that sweep across society, we know that the coming of the divine Kingdom is somehow being prepared. God can make even the wrath of man to praise Him, Psalms 76:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 83

1  A complaint to God of the enemies conspiracies
9  A prayer against those who oppress the Church

What do the individual words in Psalms 83:12 mean?

Who said let us take for a possession for ourselves - the pastures of God
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָ֭מְרוּ נִ֣ירֲשָׁה לָּ֑נוּ אֵ֝֗ת נְא֣וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים

אָ֭מְרוּ  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
נִ֣ירֲשָׁה  let  us  take  for  a  possession 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: יָרַשׁ  
Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir.
לָּ֑נוּ  for  ourselves 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
אֵ֝֗ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נְא֣וֹת  the  pastures 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: נָוָה  
Sense: .
אֱלֹהִֽים  of  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).

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