Psalm 83:12 {82:13}
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Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

Psalm 83:4 They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.

Psalm 74:7,8 They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth. . . .

2 Chronicles 20:11 Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.

Context
Do Not Be Still, O God
11Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes, 12Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.13O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:11
Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.

Psalm 132:13
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

Lexicon
who
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

said,
אָ֭מְרוּ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Let us possess
נִ֣ירֲשָׁה (nî·ră·šāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

for ourselves
אֵ֝֗ת (’êṯ)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the pastures
נְא֣וֹת (nə·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4999: Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place

of God.”
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.

For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."

Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
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