"Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD." — Psalms 83:16

Psalms 83:16 · KJV

“Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.”

— Psalms 83:16

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

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Psalms 83 — Context

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

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

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

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

That {men} may know that thou, whose name alone {is} JEHOVAH, {art} the most high over all the earth.

Cross References

Psalms 6:10

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return {and} be ashamed suddenly.

Psalms 9:19-20

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Psalms 109:29

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Psalms 34:5

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. {were lightened: or, they flowed unto him}

Job 10:15

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and {if} I be righteous, {yet} will I not lift up my head. {I am} full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Psalms 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.