Ps 83 merits our consideration from at least two perspectives. First, it is a good example of relatively late Hebrew poetry. Its style is not marked by great subtlety; it is rather straightforward and simple. The fine distinctions and intricate patterns of some psalms are missing. However, it is effective and expresses prayer with both economy of words and well-crafted figures of speech.

Second, the psalm serves as a paradigmatic prayer of lament and complaint for a people surrounded by hostile nations and threatened with overwhelming force. The psalm reminds us that the greatest resource of the people of Yahweh is prayer, which appeals both directly to him and is based on his powerful acts of intervention and deliverance in the past.

MARVIN TATE, PSALMS 51-100, VOLUME 20 (WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY), 349.