O my God, make them like a wheel— This and the following verse seem to allude to the manner of threshing in Judea; which was generally performed on a mountain, where the corn was threshed by means of a wheel, which ran over the stalks. The chaff, on account of this situation, was easily blown about by the wind; and it being customary likewise to burn what remained, it is with great propriety that the Psalmist concludes the description with these words, As the flame setteth the mountains on fire, Psalms 83:14.
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Psalms 83:13
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.