Psalms 81:14
Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
In Context
13“O that my people had hearkened to me! That Israel had walked in my ways!
Cross References
Psalms 47:3He hath subdued nations under us, And kingdoms under our feet;
Amos 1:8And I will destroy the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; And I will turn my hand against Ekron, And the residue of the Philistines shall perish. The Lord, Jehovah, hath said it.
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 →