Psalms 83:13
My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
In Context
12for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
14Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
Cross References
Job 13:25Would you frighten a leaf blown by the wind or hunt down a piece of straw?
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan, asking for help?
Psalms 44:4God, you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
Psalms 74:11Why do you hold back from doing something? Take action and destroy them!
Isaiah 40:24In fact they are hardly even planted, hardly even sown, hardly even taken root, when he blows on them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw.
Jeremiah 13:24I'm going to scatter you like chaff blown away by the desert wind.
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 →