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Psalms 81:14

Protection and safety

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 unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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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

    And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

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  • Amos 1:8

    And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Joshua 23:13

    Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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  • Numbers 14:9

    Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

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  • Psalms 47:3

    He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

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  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

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  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

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