Psalms 81:15
The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.
Cross References
Psalms 18:44They who have only heard of me obey me; Yea, men of a strange land submit themselves to me;
Psalms 83:2For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
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, Yea, long shall my chosen enjoy the work of their hands.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have 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 →