83:3 Hidden ones - Thy people of Israel, who are called God's hidden or secret ones, to intimate the respect which God has to them, as to his peculiar treasure.

83:6 The tabernacles - The people dwelling in them. Ishmaelites - Some of the posterity of Ishmael, called by their father's name, as others of them are supposed to be called Hagarens from their grandmother Hagar.

83:7 Gebal - An Arabian people so called by ancient writers dwelling in the southern border of Canaan, where most of the people here mentioned had their abode.

83:8 Of Lot - Moab and Ammon.

83:13 A wheel - Whereas they promise to themselves a sure possession, let them be like a wheel, which is very unstable, and soon removed.

83:14 The mountains - The woods upon the mountains, which in those hot countries, when they have once taken fire, burn with irresistible violence.

83:16 May seek - May own and worship thee as the only true God.