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Psalms 83:9
9God, punish them as you punished Midian. Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon.
Psalms 83:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
- New International Version (NIV)Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
Context of Psalms 83:9
7They also come from Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia and Tyre. 8Even the Assyrian army has joined with them. They have given strength to Lot's descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites. Selah. God, punish them as you punished Midian. Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon. 10You destroyed them at Endor. Their bodies remained on the ground, like dirt. 11Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Let their rulers die, like Zebah and Zalmunna.
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עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 83:9
- Numbers 31:7They attacked the Midianites as the Lord had told them. They killed all the men.
- Judges 7:22When Gideon's 300 men made a noise with their trumpets, it confused the Midianites everywhere in their camp. The Lord caused them to attack one another with their swords. Their army ran away to Beth Shittah, on the road towards Zererah. They ran as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near Tabbath.
- Isaiah 9:4They are happy because you have removed the power of their cruel enemies. They no longer have to carry a heavy load, as slaves. You have rescued them from their enemies, in the same way that you won against Midian's army.
- Isaiah 10:26Yes, the Lord Almighty will punish the Assyrians, like someone who uses a whip to beat them. That is how he destroyed the Midianites at the Rock of Oreb. He will hold his stick over the sea. He will lift it up as he did in Egypt.
- Judges 4:15When they started to attack, the Lord caused Sisera and all his army with their chariots to have great trouble. The Israelites chased them with their swords. Sisera jumped off his chariot and he ran away.
- Judges 5:21The Kishon river carried away Sisera's soldiers. It used its power to stop them. So I will be brave and I will continue to fight!
Commentaries on Psalms 83:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Do unto them as unto the Midianites - Who were utterly defeated by Gideon, Judges 7:21, Judges 7:22. As to Sisera - Captain of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was totally defeated by Deborah and Barak, near Mount Tabor, by the river Kishon; and himself, after having fled from the battle, slain by Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite. See Judges 4:15, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Do 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 Judges 4:4, Judges 4:6, Judges 4:14-15, and was slain by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, Judges 4:17-21. As to Jabin - The king of Canaan, in whose service Sisera was. At the brook of Kison - Judges 4:13. This is a stream which rises near Mount Tabor, and empties…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The Midianites, led by Oreb and Zeeb and ruled by Zebah and Zalmunna, were Israel's enemies during Gideon's time (Judges 7:1–8:5). Barak's alliance defeated Sisera and Jabin (Judges 4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. Compare the similar fate of these (2Ch 20:23) with that of the foes mentioned in Jud 7:22, here referred to. They destroyed one another (Jud 4:6-24; 7:25). Human remains form manure (compare 2Ki 9:37; Jr 9:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 83
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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