Psalms 83:16
Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
American Standard 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 for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
Cross References
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
Psalms 6:10All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly. Psalm 7 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehova, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.
Psalms 34:5They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
Psalms 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish. Psalm 133 A Song of Ascents; of David.
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 →