Psalms 81:15
\81:14\I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
14\81:13\If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
16\81:15\The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Leviticus 26:7And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.
Psalms 18:44\18:43\You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
Psalms 83:2\83:1\O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
John 15:22If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16
Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened… Read the whole commentary →