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Psalms 81:15
15Those who hate the Lord would cringe in front of him, and their time ⌞for punishment⌟ 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.
Context of Psalms 81:15
13If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me! 14I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes. Those who hate the Lord would cringe in front of him, and their time ⌞for punishment⌟ would last forever. 16But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock.”
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מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ל֑וֹ וִיהִ֖י עִתָּ֣ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 81:15
- Psalms 18:45Foreigners will lose heart, and they will tremble when they come out of their fortifications.
- Psalms 83:2Look, your enemies are in an uproar. Those who hate you hold their heads high.
- Exodus 20:5Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
- Deuteronomy 7:10But he sends destruction to pay back everyone who hates him. He never takes long to pay back anyone who hates him.
- John 15:22If I hadn’t come and spoken to them, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 1:30slanderers, haters of God, haughty, arrogant, and boastful. They think up new ways to be cruel. They don’t obey their parents,
- Romans 8:7This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.
- Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me. Foreigners will cringe in front of me.
- Psalms 63:3My lips will praise you because your mercy is better than life ⌞itself⌟.
- Psalms 102:28The children of your servants will go on living ⌞here⌟. Their descendants will be secure in your presence.”
- Isaiah 65:22They will not build homes and have others live there. They will not plant and have others eat from it. My people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy what they’ve done.
- Joel 3:20People will always live in Judah. People will live in Jerusalem from now on.
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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