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Psalm 83:9 KJV
Psalms · chapter 83 · verse 9
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:Psalm 83:9 · King James Version
Psalm 83:9 in context
7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MidianitesMidyânMidjan, a son of AbrahamH4080 →
- SiseraÇîyçᵉrâʼSisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the NethinimH5516 →
- JabinYâbîynJabin, the name of two Canaanitish kingsH2985 →
- brooknachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
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The psalmist here, in the name of the church, prays for the destruction of those confederate forces, and, in God's name, foretels it; for this prayer that it might be so amounts to a prophecy that it shall be so, and this prophecy reaches to all the enemies of the gospel-church;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18