Psalms 83:15
13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
- KJV
- So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
- WEB
- so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
- ASV
- So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
- DARBY
- So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
- BLB
- so may You pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.
- ÅB
- slik forfølge du dem med din storm og forferde du dem med ditt stormvær!
- OTB
- Så jag dem med din storm,
Og skrem dem med din uvær. - B1930
- således forfølge du dem med din storm og forferde du dem med ditt stormvær!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 9:17
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Read in contextPsalms 50:3
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextPsalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Read in contextJob 27:20–23
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
Read in contextHebrews 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;
Read in contextMatthew 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!”
Read in contextPsalms 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
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