Psalms 81:14
Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
In Context
13If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If,] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
15The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
Cross References
Numbers 14:45So ten the Amalekites and the Canaanites, that dwelt in that mountain, came down,—and smote them and routed them even unto Hormah.
Joshua 23:13know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,—but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.
Psalms 47:3He will subjugate, Peoples under us, and, Tribes of men beneath our feet.
Amos 1:8And I will cut off the inhabitant out of Ashdod, and the holder of the sceptre out of Ashkelon,—and will turn my hand against Ekron, So shall perish the remnant of the Philistines, saith My Lord, Yahweh.
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 →