2. “Lord, Do What Is Necessary!” (vv. 9-15). Even if Jehoshaphat’s situation was not the same as that described by Asaph, his prayer would have fit the occasion: “O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You” (2 Chron. 20:12 nkjv). Asaph remembered some of Jehovah’s great victories in Israel’s past history, especially Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (vv. 9a, 11; Judg. 6–8) and the victory of Deborah and Barak against Sisera and Jabin (vv. 9b-10; Judg. 4–5). Endor (Josh. 17:11) is not mentioned in Judges 4–5, but it was a city near Taanach (Judg. 5:19). The phrase “as dung for the ground” (v. 10 nasb) describes the unburied bodies of enemy soldiers rotting on the ground. The enemy was defeated and disgraced. Oreb and Zeeb were commanders (princes) of the Midianite army, and Zebah and Zalmunna were Midianite kings (Judg. 7:25–8:21). The victory of Gideon (“the day of Midian”) stood out in Jewish history as an example of God’s power (Isa. 9:4; 10:26; Hab. 3:7). Asaph closed his prayer by asking God to send such a victory to Israel that the enemy soldiers would flee in panic and look like tumbleweeds and chaff blowing before the wind. Like a forest burning on the mountainside, their armies would be consumed. The image of God’s judgment as a storm is found in 18:7-15; 50:3; and 83:15. If Asaph’s prayer seems vindictive, remember that he was asking God to protect His special people who had a special work to see on earth. (See 5 for more on the “imprecatory psalms.”)