Psalms 81:15
The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure forever.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Leviticus 26:7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Isaiah 65:22They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse 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 →