Psalms 83:13
O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
In Context
12Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
14As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
Cross References
Job 13:25A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
Psalms 22:1To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' — A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?
Psalms 44:4Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Psalms 74:11Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
Isaiah 40:24Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.
Jeremiah 13:24And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.
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 →