Psalms 83:12
(83-13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
In Context
11(83-12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
13(83-14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
Cross References
Judges 7:25And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the Rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the Winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
2 Chronicles 20:11behold, they render unto us evil, to come to cast us out of Thy possession, which Thou hast given us to inherit.
Psalms 83:4(83-5) They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'
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 →