Psalms 83:13
Make them, O my God! like whirling chaff; Like stubble before the wind!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
In Context
12Who say, “Let us seize on God's habitations!”
14As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
Cross References
Job 13:25Wilt thou put in fear the driven leaf? Wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Psalms 22:1“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “The hind of the morning.” A psalm of David.” My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?
Psalms 44:4Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
Psalms 74:11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
Isaiah 40:24Yea, scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, Scarcely hath their stem taken root in the ground, When He bloweth upon them and they wither, And the whirlwind beareth them away like stubble.
Jeremiah 13:24Therefore will I scatter you like stubble, Which passeth away before the wind of the desert.
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 →