Psalms 83:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 83:17

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15 So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

17 Let them be¹ confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

18 ^aThat they may know that You, whose ^bname alone is the Lord,
Are ^cthe Most High over all the earth.

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Psalm 83:13-18

Like 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.

Excerpted from Psalm Genres (Part Two): Imprecatory Psalms

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