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Psalms 83:12

Psalms 83:12
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Who said,.... Not the kings and princes of Midian just mentioned, but the confederate enemies of Israel, named Psa 83:6, to whom the like things are wished as to the Midianites and others, because…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession - The houses of God here mean the habitations of God, or the places where he dwelt among the people. As there was but one ark, one…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 83:9-18

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Who have said, Let us take for ourselves in possession

The habitations (or, pastures) of God.

Whorefers to the present enemies of Israel, not to the Midianites. God's habitations or pastures are the…

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