Psalms 81:14
Soon would I humble their enemies, and turn my hand on their foes.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
In Context
13O that my people would listen, that Israel would walk in my ways.
15Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him in everlasting terror.
Cross References
Joshua 23:13be sure of this, that the Lord your God will no longer evict these nations before your eyes. They will be a danger to you, they will entrap you, they will be a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish off this fine country which the Lord your God has assigned you.
Psalms 47:3He subdues the peoples under us, the nations under our feet;
Amos 1:8And I will wipe out those who live in Ashdod, and the sceptered ruler of Askelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord.
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 →