9 Deal with them as with Midian , As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon , 10 Who were destroyed at En-dor , Who became as dung for the ground . 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna , 12 Who said , " Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God ." 13 O my God , make them like the whirling dust , Like chaff before the wind . 14 Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire , 15 So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm . 16 Fill their faces with dishonor , That they may seek Your name , O Lord . 17 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever , And let them be humiliated and perish , 18 That they may know that You alone , whose name is the Lord , Are the Most High over all the earth .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 83:9-18
Commentary on Psalm 83:9-18
(Read Psalm 83:9-18)
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 enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that will bring them to seek thy name. We should desire no confusion to our enemies and persecutors but what may forward their conversion. The stormy tempest of Divine vengeance will overtake them, unless they repent and seek the pardoning mercy of their offended Lord. God's triumphs over his enemies, clearly prove that he is, according to his name JEHOVAH, an almighty Being, who has all power and perfection in himself. May we fear his wrath, and yield ourselves to be his willing servants. And let us seek deliverance by the destruction of our fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.