83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. 1 (Selah)
83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian 2 –
as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! 3
1 tn Heb “they are an arm for the sons of Lot.” The “arm” is here a symbol of military might.
sn The descendants of Lot were the Moabites and Ammonites.
2 tn Heb “do to them like Midian.”
3 sn The psalmist alludes here to Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (see Judg 7-8) and to Barak’s victory over Jabin’s army, which was led by his general Sisera (Judg 4-5).