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of Asaph. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of
Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of
David's smiting the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites,
and others, Sa2 8:1, but these did not conjunctly, but
separately, fight with David, and were overcome by him; whereas
those this psalm makes mention of were in a confederacy
together; and besides, the Tyrians in David's time were in
friendship with him; but are here mentioned as joining with
others against Israel, Psa 83:7, others are of opinion that this
was prophetic delivered out with respect to future times, either
to the conspiracy of the enemies of the Jews against them in the
times of the Maccabees,  "Now when the nations round about heard
that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it
displeased them very much. &c.'' (1 Maccabees 5:1)  or rather to
the confederacy of the Moabite