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83:10 They were destroyed <08045> at Endor <05874>; their corpses were <01961> like manure <01828> on the ground <0127>. 83:11 Make <07896> their nobles <05081> like Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062>, and all <03605> their rulers <05257> like Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, 83:12 who <0834> said <0559>, “Let’s take over <03423> the pastures <04999> of God <0430>!” 83:13 O my God <0430>, make <07896> them like dead thistles <01534>, like dead weeds <07179> blown away by <06440> the wind <07307>! 83:14 Like the fire <0784> that burns down <01197> the forest <03293>, or the flames <03852> that consume <03857> the mountainsides <02022>, 83:15 chase <07291> them with your gale winds <05591>, and terrify <0926> them with your windstorm <05492>. 83:16 Cover <04390> their faces <06440> with shame <07036>, so they might seek <01245> you, O Lord <03068>. 83:17 May they be humiliated <0954> and continually <05703> terrified <0926>! May they die <06> in shame <02659>! 83:18 Then they will know <03045> that <03588> you <0859> alone <0905> are the Lord <03068> <08034>, the sovereign <05945> king over <05921> all <03605> the earth <0776>.

• Psa 83:1-18 -- Psalm 83

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Asaph

  [nave] ASAPH 1. Father of Joah, 2 Kin. 18:18; Isa. 36:3, 22. 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David's organization of the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:16-19; 16:5-7; 25:1-9; 2 Chr. 5:12; 35:15; Neh. 12:46...
  

• Persecution

  [nave] PERSECUTION See also Intolerance; Bigotry. Of Jesus Gen. 3:15; Psa. 2:1-5; Psa. 22:1, 2, 6-8, 11-21; Psa. 69:7-9, 20, 21, 26 vs. 1-21.; Psa. 109:25; Isa. 49:7; Isa. 50:6; Isa. 52:14; Isa. 53:2-5, 7-10; Mic. 5:1; Matt. 2:13...
  

• SEPTUAGINT, 2

  [isbe] SEPTUAGINT, 2 - VI. Reconstruction of Septuagint Text; Versions, Manuscripts and Printed Editions. The task of restoring the original text is beset with difficulties. The materials (MSS, VSS, patristic citations) are abundan...
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• Zebah

  [ebd] man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judg. 8). Zebah and Zalmunna had succeeded in e...
  [smith] and Zalmun?na (deprived of protection), the two "kings" of Midian who commanded the great invasion of Palestine, and who finally fell by the hand of Gideon himself. (Judges 8:5-21; Psalms 83:11) (B.C. 1250.) While Oreb and Ze...
  [nave] ZEBAH, king of Midian, Judg. 8:5-21; Psa. 83:11.
  

• JUDGES, PERIOD OF

  [isbe] JUDGES, PERIOD OF - || I. SOURCES II. CHRONOLOGY III. GENERAL POLITICAL SITUATION 1. The Canaanites 2. Foes Without IV. MAIN EVENTS 1. Struggles of Individual Tribes 2. Civil Strife 3. The Six Invasions 4. Need of Central Go...
  

• Zeeb

  [ebd] the wolf, one of the two leaders of the great Midianite host which invaded Israel and was utterly routed by Gideon. The division of that host, which attempted to escape across the Jordan, under Oreb and Zeeb, was overtaken b...
  [smith] (wolf), one of the two "princes" of Midian in the great invasion of Israel. (B.C. about 1250.) He is always named with Oreb. (Judges 7:25; 8:3; Psalms 83:11) Zeeb and Oreb were not slain at the first rout of the Arabs, but at...
  [nave] ZEEB, a prince of Midian, Judg. 7:25; 8:3; Psa. 83:11.
  

• WHEEL

  [ebd] (Heb. galgal; rendered "wheel" in Ps. 83:13, and "a rolling thing" in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, "whirling dust"). This word has been supposed to mean the wild artichoke, which assumes the form of a globe, and in autumn break...
  [isbe] WHEEL - hwel: (1) 'ophan, is the usual word (Ex 14:25, etc.). In Prov 20:26; Isa 28:27 the rollers of a threshing wagon are meant (see AGRICULTURE). (2) galgal, "rolling thing," generally in the sense of "wheel" (Isa 5:28, e...
  

• GIDEON

  [ebd] called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the judges. After the victory...
  [smith] (he that cuts down), youngest son of Joash of the Abiezrites, an undistinguished family who lived at Ophrah, a town probably on the west of Jordan, (Judges 6:15) in the territory of Manasseh, near Shechem. He was the fifth re...
  

• Midianite

  [ebd] an Arabian tribe descended from Midian. They inhabited principally the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. They were virtually the rulers of Arabia, being ...
  

• En-Dor

  [isbe] EN-DOR - en'-dor `en dor, Josh 17:11; `en dor, 1 Sam 28:7; `en do'r, Ps 83:10; Codex Alexandrinus, Nendor; Codex Vaticanus, Aeldor): A town in the lot of Issachar assigned to Manasseh (Josh 17:11). Here dwelt the woman who h...
  [nave] EN-DOR, a city of Manasseh, Josh. 17:11. The witch of, consulted by Saul, 1 Sam. 28:7-25. Deborah triumphs at, over Sisera, Judg. 4; Psa. 83:10.
  

• Oreb

  [nave] OREB 1. A prince of Midian, overcome by Gideon and killed by the Ephraimites, Judg. 7:25; 8:3; Psa. 83:11. 2. A rock E. of the Jordan, where Oreb was slain, Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26.
  

• DUNG; DUNG GATE

  [isbe] DUNG; DUNG GATE - dung ('ashpoth, domen, peresh; skubalon, etc.): Nine different words occurring in the Hebrew have been translated "dung" in the Old Testament. The word used to designate one of the gates of Jerusalem ('ashp...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Jehovah

  [ebd] the special and significant name (not merely an appellative title such as Lord [adonai]) by which God revealed himself to the ancient Hebrews (Ex. 6:2, 3). This name, the Tetragrammaton of the Greeks, was held by the later J...
  

• CONFOUND

  [isbe] CONFOUND - kon-found': The physical origin of spiritual terms is well illustrated by the principal Hebrew words for "confounded" (rendered also "ashamed," etc.); bosh, is "to become pale" (2 Ki 19:26; Job 6:20; Ps 83:17; 129...
  

• Psalms 83: Prayer for Help against the Enemies

  

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