Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 83:8

"Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah" — Psalms 83:8 (ASV)

Assur. —Used for the more common Ashur, which is Assyria. Some, however, think Syria is intended here, as Greek writers considered that name a corruption of Assyria. ("The Greeks call them Syrians, but the Barbarians Assyrians." — Herodotus, 7.63). And even if this is etymologically incorrect, the error of the Greeks may have been consciously or unconsciously shared by the Jews, and the kingdom of the Seleucids may have been honored by the name of the grander and more ancient power.

They have helped. —See margin. And for the importance of the form of the statement, see Introduction.

Children of Lot. —Ammon and Moab, who thus appear as the leaders of the confederacy.