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Psalms 83:9

Psalms 83:9
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Do unto them as unto the Midianites,.... In the times of Gideon, who destroyed one another, trod in whose destruction the hand of the Lord was very visible, Jdg 7:20, and much in the same manner was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Do unto them as unto the Midianites - That is, Let them be overthrown and destroyed as the Midianites were. The reference here is to the complete overthrow of the Midianites, as related in Num. 31. As…

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

Psalms 83:9-12

Prayer for their destruction as the Canaanites were destroyed by Deborah and Barak, and the Midianites by Gideon.

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