Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Psalms 83:17.
Psalm 83:13-18
Excerpted from: Psalm Genres (Part Two): Imprecatory PsalmsLike I said, this is one of the best ones because Asaph does not just leave it with, you know, kill them all, Lord, get them out of our hair. Asaph takes it a step further, and he says, God, scatter them, chase them with the storm; confound them. But he says, make them ashamed of themselves. Why? So that they would repent and seek the Lord—that they would change their minds, that they would stop persecuting Israel and stop trying to take the land from them and actually turn to the God of Jacob and live and be better people.
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