Psalms 83 · Verse 15

Psalms 83:15

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Psalms 83:15, King James Version

Psalms 83:15 in other translations

BSBso pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
WEBso pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
ASVSo pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
YLTSo dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.
DARBYSo pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
BBESo go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.
WebsterSo persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

What does Psalms 83:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 83:14-15

14-15. Pursue them to an utter destruction.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 So persecute them - In this and the two following verses we find several awful execrations; and all this seems to be done in reference to that ancient custom, "pouring execrations on an enemy previously to battle." Of this I have already given specimens in this work; and the reader is particularly requested to refer to the case of Balaam being hired by the king of Moab to curse Israel previously to his intended attack: see the note on Num 22:6, where the subject is treated at large. This custom prevailed much among the Romans, and the ancient Druids of Britain. In all cases the priests were employed to utter the execrations, as they were supposed to have the greatest influence with the gods, in whose name the curses were uttered.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 83:9-18

All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that…

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Psalms 83:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֵּ֭ןkensoH3651
תִּרְדְּפֵ֣םtir.de.Femyou will pursue themH7291
בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָbe.sa.'a.Re.khawith storm yourH5591
וּבְסוּפָתְךָ֥u.ve.su.fa.te.Khaand with storm-wind yourH5492
תְבַהֲלֵֽם\׃te.va.ha.Lemyou will terrify themH926

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Cross references for Psalms 83:15

  • Job 9:17

    For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  • Psalms 50:3

    Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

  • Isaiah 28:17

    Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  • Psalms 58:9

    Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  • Job 27:20-23

    Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  • Hebrews 12:18

    For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • Matthew 7:27

    And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  • Psalms 11:6

    Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

  • Ezekiel 13:11-14

    Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Isaiah 30:30

    And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:6; 50:3; 58:9; Job 9:17; 27:20-23; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Eze 13:11-14
Mt 7:27; Heb 12:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 83:14

    As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

  • Psalms 83:15

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

  • Psalms 83:16

    Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.

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Psalms 83:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Persíguelos así con tu tempestad, y asómbralos con tu torbellino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comme le feu brûle la forêt, et comme la flamme embrase les montagnes,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Also verfolge sie mit deinem Wetter, und mit deinem Sturmwinde schrecke sie hinweg!