Psalm 83:15

Translations

Modern

…so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Traditional

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Literal

…so may You pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.

Latin

…ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua, et in ira tua turbabis eos.

Original

Hebrew

English

…so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Notes

Psalms 83:14–15

fire … flame … tempest: These images describe how God appears when he brings judgment (see Isaiah 29:6).

Psalms 83:9–18

The psalmist prays that God will miraculously destroy the new coalition as he did three other enemies; doing so would bring him glory.

Psalms 83:1–18

This community lament asks God to rescue his people and give them victory. The short and direct poetry suggests a time of great trouble. A strong group of nations plans to destroy Israel (Psalm 83:1–4) and joins together against God (83:5–8).

The psalmist remembers what happened to other enemies who attacked Israel in the past (Psalm 83:9–12). He prays that the same thing will happen to these enemies (83:13–16), so that they will recognize God’s power and give him honor (83:17–18).

It is not clear whether this psalm refers to one specific historical event or whether it gathers together several nations as a poetic picture of Israel’s enemies.

Related verses

Job 9:17
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Psalm 50:3
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
Isaiah 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Job 27:20–23
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Matthew 7:27
The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Ezekiel 13:11–14
…tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

Glossary

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Prayer: Imprecatory The Wind: when Violent Called: Storm

Psalm 83:15

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