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Psalms 81:14

Protection and safety

12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

15 Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
KJV
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
WEB
I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
ASV
I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
DARBY
I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
BLB
In a moment I would subdue their enemies, and over their adversaries I would turn back My hand.
ÅB
Om en liten stund ville jeg da ydmyke deres fiender og vende min hånd imot deres motstandere.
OTB
Jeg ville raskt beseire deres fiender
Og vende min hånd mot deres motstandere.
B1930
Om en liten stund vilde jeg da ydmyke deres fiender og vende min hånd imot deres motstandere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 2:20–23

    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

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  • Amos 1:8

    I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.

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  • Joshua 23:13

    know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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  • Numbers 14:9

    Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”

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  • Psalms 47:3

    He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

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  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

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  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

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