(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 the examples of the past. (See Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:26; Habakkuk 3:7.)
Verse Psalms 83:9. _DO UNTO THEM AS_ UNTO _THE MIDIANITES_] Who were utterly defeated by _Gideon_, Judges 7:21-7. _AS_ TO _SISERA_] Captain of the army of _Jabin_, king of Canaan, who was totally de...
DO UNTO THEM AS UNTO THE MIDIANITES - That is, Let them be overthrown and destroyed as the Midianites were. The reference here is to the complete overthrow of the Midianites, as related in Numbers 31....
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...
MIDIANITES. Compare Judges 7:22. SISERA. Compare Judges 4:15. JABIN. Compare Judges 4:23....
Do thou unto them as unto Midian; As unto Sisera, as unto Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon. The victory of Gideon over the confederate forces of the Midianites, Amalekites, and Arabians (Judges 7:8)...
Prayer for their destruction as the Canaanites were destroyed by Deborah and Barak, and the Midianites by Gideon....
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...
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: DO UNTO THEM AS UNTO THE MIDIANITES - overthrown by mutual destruction, Gideon leading 300 men of Israel (: cf...
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...
SISERA.. JABIN.. KISON] see Judges 4:5....
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...
_[Psalms 83:10]_ עֲשֵֽׂה ־לָהֶ֥ם כְּ מִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽ...
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...
Do unto them as [unto] the (h) Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison: (h) By these examples they were confirmed that God would not permit his people to be completely destro...
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,...
9._Do to them as to the Midianites. _The faithful, having complained of the very grievous oppressions to which they were subjected, with the view of inducing God the more readily to succor them, now c...
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...
DO UNTO THEM AS UNTO THE MIDIANITES,.... In the times of Gideon, who destroyed one another, trod in whose destruction the hand of the Lord was very visible, Judges 7:20, and much in the same manner wa...
Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Ver. 9. _Do unto them as unto the Midianites_] And how that was, see Judges 6:1,40; Judges 7:1,25; Judges...
A PRAYER FOR HELP AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH. A song or psalm of Asaph, the last of his twelve hymns in the psalter, picturing the craft and rage of the enemies and invoking God's speedy destr...
Do unto them as unto the Midianites, who were practically annihilated at the time of Gideon, Judges 7; Judges 8:11; AS TO SISERA, AS TO JABIN, AT THE BROOK OF KISON, at the time of Deborah and Barak,...
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 83:9 Deal H6213 (H8798) Midian H4080 Sisera H5516 Jabin H2985 Brook H5158 Kishon H7028 as unto -...
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,...
Isaiah 10:26; Isaiah 9:4; Judges 4:15; Judges 5:21; Judges 7:22;...