Psalms 83:13
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
In Context
12who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
Cross References
Job 13:25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
Psalms 22:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Psalms 74:11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Jeremiah 13:24“I will scatter you like chaff driven 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 →