New King James Version
Psalms 83:17
17Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,
Psalms 83:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
- New International Version (NIV)May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Let them die in disgrace.
Context of Psalms 83:17
15So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm. 16Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord. Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish, 18That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.
Read all of Psalms 83Psalms 83:17 word by word
יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲל֥וּ עֲדֵי־עַ֗ד וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 83:17
- Psalms 35:4Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor Who seek after my life; Let those be turned back and brought to confusion Who plot my hurt.
- Psalms 40:14Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who seek to destroy my life; Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor Who wish me evil.
- Psalms 109:29Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
Commentaries on Psalms 83:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Let them - perish - That is, in their present attempts. Some have objected to the execrations in this Psalm, without due consideration. None of these execrations refer either to their souls or to their eternal state; but merely to their discomfiture on their present attempts. Suppose the continental powers should join together to subjugate Britain, and destroy the Protestant religion; is there a Christian in the land that would not be justified in meeting…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Let them be confounded - Let them be ashamed. That is, Let them have that kind of shame and confusion which results from the fact that their plans have not been successful, or that they have been foiled and baffled in their schemes. And troubled - Disturbed; put to confusion. Let them be troubled as men are who are unsuccessful in their projects. Forever - As a people; as confederated nations; as united in such an unholy alliance. Let them never again be…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. 9-18The psalmist prays that God will miraculously destroy the new coalition as he did three other enemies; doing so would bring him glory.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-181. God addressed as indifferent (compare Psa 35:22; 39:12). be not still--literally, "not quiet," as opposed to action.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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