Psalms 83:12
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
In Context
11Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
13O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
Cross References
Judges 7:25And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
2 Chronicles 20:11behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.
Psalms 83:4They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
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 →