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Psalms 83:16

Psalms 83:16
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Fill their faces with shame,.... For their sins, or rather through disappointment, not being able to put their desperate and deep laid schemes into execution: or "with lightness" (o); instead of a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Fill their faces with shame - As those who are disappointed and foiled in their plans - such disappointment and confusion commonly manifesting itself in the face. The prayer here is, that their…

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

Fill their faceswith shame Or, disgrace. Let them be disgraced by defeat and disappointed in their project. But this is only as the means to the higher end, that they may seek Jehovah's name,…

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