[7] The dating of its composition is debated, but the reference in verse 9 to Assyria is seen by many commentators as an indication that the Psalm was written during the time of Assyrian ascendancy, the 9th to 7th centuries BC.

[3] In the text of the psalm, specifically verses 2 through 5, the speaker says that individuals who plot against the nation of Israel are inherently the enemies of God.

[7] These verses provide the names of the ten nations which have evidently formed a coalition against Israel, the Edomites, the Ishmaelites, Moab, the Hagrites, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, the Philistines, Tyre, and Assyria.

[12] Different translations interpret the verse as follows: In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, this psalm is appointed to be read in the evening of the 16th day of the month.

[13] Heinrich Schütz set Psalm 83 in a metred version in German, "Gott, schweig du nicht so ganz und gar", SWV 180, as part of the Becker Psalter, first published in 1628.

Alexander von Zemlinsky composed a setting for choir and orchestra, using selected verses in German, Psalm 83, in 1900.