Psalms 83:12
Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
In Context
11Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
13O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Cross References
Judges 7:25and they capture two of the heads of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb, and slay Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they have slain at the wine-vat of Zeeb, and they pursue unto Midian; and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they have brought in unto Gideon beyond the Jordan.
2 Chronicles 20:11and lo, they are recompensing to us — to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.
Psalms 83:4They have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
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 →