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Psalms 81:15
15Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
Psalms 81:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever.
Context of Psalms 81:15
13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! 14I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. 16But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
Read all of Psalms 81Psalms 81:15 word by word
מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ל֑וֹ וִיהִ֖י עִתָּ֣ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 81:15
- Psalms 18:45Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
- Psalms 83:2For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Deuteronomy 7:10and repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 1:30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
- Romans 8:7For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
- Psalms 18:44As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
- Psalms 63:3Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
- Psalms 102:28The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.
- Isaiah 65:22They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Joel 3:20But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations.
Commentaries on Psalms 81:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Their time should have endured for ever - That is, Their prosperity should have known no end.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The haters of the Lord - The enemies of the Lord, often represented as those who hate him - hatred being always in fact or in form connected with an unwillingness to submit to God. It is hatred of his law; hatred of his government; hatred of his plans; hatred of his character. See Romans 1:30; John 7:7, John 15:18, John 15:23-25. Compare Exodus 20:5. Should have submitted themselves unto him - Margin, yielded retained obedience. Hebrew, lied. See the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon themselves. The Lord is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-16The Lord helps Israel to understand that their failure was not because of his weakness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. Obedience would have secured all promised blessings and the subjection of foes. In this passage, "should have," "would have," &c., are better, "should" and "would" expressing God's intention at the time, that is, when they left Egypt.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 81
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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