John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 83:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Fill their faces with shame, etc.] For their sins, or rather through disappointment, not being able to put their desperate and deep laid schemes into execution: or “with lightness” f1199; instead of a weight of honour and glory upon them, let them be despised. R. Joseph Kimchi renders it, “fill their faces with fire”; let their faces be as if they were on fire, as men’s faces are, who are put to an exceeding great blush, or are most sadly confounded and ashamed: that they may seek thy name, O Lord; not they themselves, who are filled with shame; for it is imprecated, that they be ashamed, and troubled for ever, and so as to perish, (<198317>Psalm 83:17) but others; for the words may be supplied, as in (<198318>Psalm 83:18) “that men may seek thy name, or that thy name may be sought”: the judgments of God upon wicked men are sometimes the means of arousing others, and putting them upon seeking the Lord, his face, and his favour; that God would be merciful to them, pardon their iniquities, avert judgments from them, and preserve them from threatened calamities; and this is a good end, when answered; (see <232609> Isaiah 26:9,16).

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