Psalms 81:14
As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
Young's Literal Translation
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 were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
15Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.
Cross References
Numbers 14:45And the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and smite them, and beat them down — unto Hormah.
Joshua 23:13know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.
Psalms 47:3He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
Amos 1:8And I have cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And a holder of a sceptre from Ashkelon, And have turned back My hand against Ekron, And perished have the remnant of the Philistines, Said the Lord Jehovah.
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 →