12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave 1 them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s 2 army, 3 and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian 4 –
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! 5
1 tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”
2 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
3 tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”
4 tn Heb “do to them like Midian.”
5 sn The psalmist alludes here to Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (see Judg 7-8) and to Barak’s victory over Jabin’s army, which was led by his general Sisera (Judg 4-5).