Psalms 83:13
who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
In Context
12Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,
14O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.
Cross References
Job 13:25Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
Psalms 22:1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.
Psalms 44:4For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword : neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance : because thou wast pleased with them.
Psalms 74:11Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever ?
Isaiah 40:24And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Jeremiah 13:24And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
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 →