Psa 83:9-13 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 9. Do unto them as unto the Midianites ] Who were utterly defeated by Gideon , . As to Sisera ] Captain of the army of Jabin , king of Canaan, who was totally defeated by Deborah and Barak , near Mount Tabor , by the river Kishon ; and himself, after having fled from the battle, slain by Jael , the wife of Heber , the Kenite. See , &c.

‏ Psalms 83:9-13

Verse 9. Do unto them as unto the Midianites] Who were utterly defeated by Gideon, Jud 7:21, 22.

As to Sisera] Captain of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was totally defeated by Deborah and Barak, near Mount Tabor, by the river Kishon; and himself, after having fled from the battle, slain by Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite. See Jud 4:15, &c.

Verse 10. Perished at En-dor] This refers to the defeat of the Midianites by Gideon, who were encamped in the valley of Jezreel, at the foot of Mount Gilboa, and near to Tabor, Jud 6:33; 7:1, and consequently in the environs of En-dor. There Gideon attacked and defeated them; and, in various places during their flight, they were destroyed, and left to rot upon the earth. Jud 7:22-25.

Verse 11. Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb] They were two of the chiefs, or generals, of the Midianites; and were slain in the pursuit of the Midianites, by the men of Ephraim; and their heads brought to Gideon on the other side of Jordan. Jud 7:24, 25.

Yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna] These were kings of Midian, who were encamped at Karkor with fifteen thousand men, whom Gideon attacked there, and defeated, and took the kings prisoners; and finding that they had killed his own brothers slew them both. See Jud 8:10-21. Of the Midianites there fell at this time one hundred and twenty thousand men.

Verse 12. Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.] Nearly the words spoken by the confederates when they came to attack Jehoshaphat. They come (says the king in address to God) to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit. See 2Ch 20:11.

Verse 13. O my God, make them like a wheel] Alluding to the manner of threshing corn in the east. A large broad wheel was rolled over the grain on a threshing-floor, which was generally in the open air; and the grain being thrown up by a shovel against the wind the chaff was thus separated from it, in the place where it was threshed.