Psalms 83:11

11 Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; ¹ defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalms 83:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb
Two princes of Midian, who were slain, the one at the rock Oreb, and the other at the winepress of Zeeb, so called after their names, ( Judges 7:25 ) ,

yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna;
kings of Midian, slain by Gideon, ( Judges 8:21 ) .

Psalms 83:11 In-Context

9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

10 You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.

11 Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb; defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 who said, "We will take for our own the land that belongs to God."

13 Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind.

Cross References

• 1. 83.11 aJudges 7.25; bJudges 8.12.