Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, the two princes of the Midianites slain at the time of Gideon, Judges 7:25; yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna, slain by Gideon after their armies had been defeated, Judges 8:10;
Verse Psalms 83:11. _MAKE THEIR NOBLES LIKE OREB, AND LIKE ZEEB_] They were two of the chiefs, or generals, of the Midianites; and were slain in the pursuit of the Midianites, by the men of Ephraim; a...
MAKE THEIR NOBLES LIKE OREB AND LIKE ZEEB - These were princes or rulers of the Midianites, slain by Gideon, the one on the rock Oreb, and the other at the wine-press of Zeeb. Judges 7:25. The prayer...
Psalms 83 The Final Enemies Overthrown _ 1. The enemies in confederacy (Psalms 83:1)_ 2. Their complete defeat and fate (Psalms 83:9) Elsewhere in prophecy we read of the confederacies of nations,...
LXXXIII. The date can be fixed with a near approach to certainty. The clue is furnished by 1 Maccabees 5. The victories of Judas Maccabæ us and the cleansing of the Temple in 165 B.C. (p. 607) were fo...
OREB Compare Judges 7:25. ZEEB. Compare Judges 7:25. ZEBAH. Compare Judges 8:5; Judges 8:21. ZALMUNNA. Compare...
Prayer for their destruction as the Canaanites were destroyed by Deborah and Barak, and the Midianites by Gideon....
The Psalmist returns to Gideon's victory. Oreb and Zeeb (-Raven" and -Wolf") were the princes, i.e. generals, of the Midianites (Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26); Zebah and Zalmunna were the kings of Midian...
PSALMS 83 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Appeal to God for Deliverance from an Impending Invasion. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 83:1-4, Israel's Enemies described as the Enemies of Godtheir Destructive Designs...
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: MAKE THEIR NOBLES LIKE OREB AND LIKE ZEEB; YEA, ALL THEIR PRINCES AS ZEBAH AND AS ZALMUNNA. Oreb and Ze...
83:11 chiefs (a-12) Lit. 'anointed ones.' see Ezekiel 32:30 ....
This Ps. describes a confederacy of God's enemies, the object of which is to attack and exterminate Israel (Psalms 83:2). A list of the allies is given (Psalms 83:6). The Psalmist appeals to God to in...
OREB, AND.. ZEEB] the princes of Midian (Judges 7:25). ZEBAH, AND.. ZALMUNNA] named as kings of Midian in Judges 8:5....
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ENEMIES ALL ROUND US! PSALMS 83 Jesus said, "I am sending you like sheep into a group of wolves. So, be as clever as snakes but, like the dove, do not hurt anybod...
(9-12) For the historical allusion see references in margin. The splendid victories of Barak and Gideon were the constant theme of poets and prophets when trying to encourage their own generation by t...
_[Psalms 83:12]_ שִׁיתֵ֣מֹו נְ֭דִיבֵמֹו כְּ עֹרֵ֣ב וְ...
Psalms 83:1 THIS psalm is a cry for help against a world in arms. The failure of all attempts to point to a period when all the allies here represented as confederate against Israel were or could have...
“THE MOST HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH” Psalms 83:1 This psalm was composed on the occasion described in 2 Chronicles 20:1, where we learn that at a great crisis the Spirit of God came on Jahaziel, one of...
The psalmist has a vision of the confederacy of all the enemies of the people of God. This he describes as to its process, it constitution, and its purpose. They have taken counsel together with the a...
Thousands elsewhere, (Calmet) among sinners. He is so much affected, as to leave the sentence imperfect, ver. 4. But the meaning is clear. Temporal must yield to eternal happiness. Eternity is all as...
There is not only a great beauty in this appeal and prayer of the church, against all her enemies, but also a great exercise of faith, in divine dependence. We give God credit for all that is to come,...
Psalms 83 requires only to call attention to its subject. It is the last confederacy of the nations surrounding Canaan, with Assur helping them. At the close of the psalm, though the cry be to God as...
MAKE THEIR NOBLES LIKE OREB, AND LIKE ZEEB,.... Two princes of Midian, who were slain, the one at the rock Oreb, and the other at the winepress of Zeeb, so called after their names, Judges 7:25, YEA,...
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Ver. 11. _Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb_] Oreb signifieth a crow, Zeeb a wolf. Zebah a cut-t...
_Which perished at En-dor_ Either, 1st, The Midianites; or rather, Jabin and Sisera, who were overthrown at Taanach and Megiddo, (Judges 5:19,) nigh unto which places was this En-dor, as appears from...
9-18 All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their en...
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Psalms 83:11 Make H7896 (H8798) nobles H5081 Oreb H6159 Zeeb H2062 princes H5257 Zebah H2078 Zalmunna H6759...
This is a Psalm that is not often read, and very seldom expounded, I should think. According to the title, it is «A Song or Psalm of Asaph.» Asaph is one of a little group of poets who flourished side...
CONTENTS: An appeal to God's jealousy for His cause and prayer for defeat of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph, Sisera, Zeeb, Jabin, Oreb. CONCLUSION: We cannot but be zealous against those who federat...
This psalm bears the style and character of Asaph's composition. It has been referred to the time of Hezekiah, when Sennacherib came up against Judea; but he came equally against Egypt, and all the ni...
_Keep not Thou silence, O God: hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God._ AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN I. A lamentable social scene (Psalms 83:2). The scene is that of men in tumultuous hostility both to...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 83:1. This is a community lament, responding to a situation in which God’s people are threatened by Gentile enemies (vv. Psalms 83:6) who aim
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 83:9 The basic request is that these enemies would utterly fail in their scheme. The ultimate reason for Israel’s existence is to serve God’s purpose of restoring true worship and...
INTRODUCTION This is the last of the Psalms of Asaph. If the Psalm refers to the times of Jehoshaphat, the author was probably “Jahaziel, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,” upon whom “came the Spirit of...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist makes a passionate appeal to God on behalf of Israel at a time of great danger. A confederacy has been formed among the surrounding nations, having for its object the destructi...
Psa 83:1-18 is a psalm where he is speaking out of the calamities that the enemies have brought upon them and asking for God's deliverance as He had in their past history. Asking God to work, "O God,...
Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12...