Psalms 81:15
The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
14I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neither serue them: for I am the Lord thy God, a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vpon the third generation and vpon the fourth of them that hate me:
Leviticus 26:7Also ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you vpon the sworde.
Psalms 18:44As soone as they heare, they shall obey me: the strangers shall be in subiection to me.
Psalms 83:2For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.
Isaiah 65:22They shall not build, and another inhabite: they shall not plant, and another eate: for as the dayes of the tree are the dayes of my people, and mine elect shall inioye in olde age the worke of their handes.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne.
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 →