The Meaning of Psalms 83:17 Explained

Psalms 83:17

KJV: Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

YLT: They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

Darby: Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:

ASV: Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let them be confounded  and troubled  for ever;  yea, let them be put to shame,  and perish: 

What does Psalms 83:17 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 83:17 mean?

Let them be confounded and dismayed forever forever and Yes let them be put to shame and perish
יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲל֥וּ עֲדֵי־ עַ֗ד וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ

יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ  Let  them  be  confounded 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּושׁ 
Sense: to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed.
וְיִבָּהֲל֥וּ  and  dismayed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּהַל  
Sense: to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous.
עֲדֵי־  forever 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: perpetuity, for ever, continuing future.
עַ֗ד  forever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ  and  Yes  let  them  be  put  to  shame 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָפַר  
Sense: to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed.
וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ  and  perish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.

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