Psalms 83:16
Cover their faces with shame, That they may seek thy name, O LORD!
Noyes 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 thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm!
17Let them be confounded! Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish!
Cross References
Job 10:15If I am wicked,—then woe unto me! Yet if righteous, I dare not lift up my head; I am full of confusion, beholding my affliction.
Psalms 6:10All my enemies shall be ashamed and utterly confounded; They shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.
Psalms 34:5Look up to him, and ye shall have light; Your faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalms 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame, And the crown shall glitter upon his head.”
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 →