Psalms 83:10

83:10 They were destroyed at Endor; ¹ 

their corpses were like manure ²  on the ground.

Psalms 105:35

105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,

and devoured the crops of their fields. ³ 

Psalms 137:4

137:4 How can we sing a song to the Lord

in a foreign land?

Psalms 146:4

146:4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;

on that day their plans die. ⁴ 

[83:10]  ¹ sn Endor is not mentioned in the accounts of Gideon’s or Barak’s victories, but both battles took place in the general vicinity of the town. (See Y. Aharoni and M. Avi-Yonah, The Macmillan Bible Atlas, 46, 54.) Because Sisera and Jabin are mentioned in v. 9b, many understand them to be the subject of the verbs in v. 10, though they relate v. 10 to Gideon’s victory, which is referred to in v. 9a, 11. (See, for example, Y. Aharoni, The Land of the Bible, 263.)

[83:10]  ² tn Heb “they were manure.” In addition to this passage, corpses are compared to manure in 2 Kgs 9:37; Jer 8:2; 9:21; 16:4; 25:33.

[105:35]  ³ tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”

[146:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.