Psalms 81:15
Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
16He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
Leviticus 26:7'And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword;
Psalms 18:44At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
Psalms 83:2For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
Isaiah 65:22They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree [are] the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.
John 15:22if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not 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 →