“Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:”
The prayer for divine action begins with historical precedent: "Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River." The supplicant invokes God's past deliverance against coalitions of enemies: Gideon's victory over Midian and Deborah's victory over Jabin (recounted in Judges). These precedents demonstrate that God has power to defeat overwhelming hostile coalitions.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:9
1. Of this Psalm the title is, “A song of a Psalm of Asaph.” We have already often said what is the interpretation of Asaph, that is, congregation. That man, therefore, who was called Asaph, is named in representation of the congregation of God's people in the titles of many Psalms. But in Greek, congregation is called synagogue, which has come to be held for a kind of proper name for the Jewish people, that it should be called The Synagogue; even as the Christian people is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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