Psalms 83:8

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot - literally, 'they (i:e., not merely Assur, but all the nations just named) are an arm to the sons of Lot' (). Assyria stands last, as being farthest off, and engaged only indirectly and partially in the confederacy. The psalm must have been written before Assyria became a world-empire and mistress of western Asia. The Asshurim were, in part at least, akin to the Arabs, as descendants of Abraham (; ), and so take part in this movement of the Arab tribes. They on the far east stand in contrast to the Tyrians and Philistines on the west. "The children of Lot" are mentioned last, as the prime movers and instigators of the conspiracy.