Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 83:13

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 83:13

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 83:13

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind." — Psalms 83:13 (ASV)

O my God, make them like a wheel ... Or rather, like a rolling thing—something that the wind rolls along. The word גלגל (galgal) properly means a wheel, as of a chariot (Ezekiel 10:2, Ezekiel 10:6); or a wheel for drawing water from a well (Ecclesiastes 12:6); then, a whirlwind (Psalms 77:19); and then, anything driven before a whirlwind, as chaff or stubble (Isaiah 17:13). Compare the notes at Isaiah 22:18. The prayer here is that they might be utterly destroyed or driven away.