Psalms 83:16
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
In Context
15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Cross References
Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
Psalms 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
Psalms 34:5Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
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 →