Psalms 83:12 meaning and explanation

who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

Psalms 83:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 83 is a communal lament attributed to Asaph, a temple musician, and it pictures a coalition of Israel's neighbors plotting to wipe out God's people. Verse 12 names the motive behind that hostility: the enemies said, "Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God." The pastures of God means the land God gave Israel, pictured as grazing land He owns and entrusts to His people.

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