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Psalms 81:15
15Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever.
Context of Psalms 81:15
13“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, 14how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. 16But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; 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 18:45They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
- Psalms 83:2See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Deuteronomy 7:10But those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction; he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
- Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Psalms 18:44foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
- Psalms 63:3Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
- Psalms 102:28The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”
- Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Joel 3:20Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through 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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