Psalms 83:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 83:9

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7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

9 Deal with them as with ^aMidian,
As with ^bSisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

10 Who perished at En Dor,
^aWho became as refuse on the earth.

11 Make their nobles like ^aOreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like ^bZebah and Zalmunna,

12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”

13 ^aO my God, make them like the whirling dust,
^bLike the chaff before the wind!

14 As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame ^asets the mountains on fire,

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Psalm 83:9-12

Now we are seeing the height of what is going on here. They are trying to take the Promised Land. They are trying to take what is God's and what God has given to His people. And so the psalmist—Asaph here—is saying, God, do not let them do this. You know what is going on.

Excerpted from Psalm Genres (Part Two): Imprecatory Psalms

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