Psalms 83:16
Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
In Context
15So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy storm.
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever. Yea, let them be confounded and perish,
Cross References
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.
Psalms 6:10All my enemies shall be put to shame and greatly troubled. They shall turn back. They shall be put to shame suddenly.
Psalms 34:5They looked to him, and were radiant, and their faces shall never be confounded.
Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but upon himself his crown shall flourish.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 83:10-18
Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with… Read the whole commentary →