Translation: ESV
O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
Pleading all the more urgently when God seems silent in crisis is faith.
▸This psalm pleads for God to break his silence in three expressions.
This psalm pleads for God to break his silence in three expressions. The three repetitions of the same content emphasize the urgency of the petition. Pleading all the more urgently when God seems silent is an expression of faith.
They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
Attempts to destroy God's people are a challenge to God himself, and this becomes the basis for appealing to God.
▸God is informed that the enemies' intention is to completely erase Israel.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
The ultimate purpose of all the prayers of a believer is that the whole world may know that the LORD alone is the Most High.
▸The ultimate purpose of this psalm is proclaimed.