Psalms 83:13
\83:12\Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
In Context
12\83:11\Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
14\83:13\O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
Cross References
Job 13:25Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?
Psalms 22:1To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 44:4\44:3\For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
Psalms 74:11Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
Isaiah 40:24They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.
Jeremiah 13:24So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.
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 →