Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 81:15
15The haters of Yhwh should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.1
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
13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of Yhwh should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16He 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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מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ל֑וֹ וִיהִ֖י עִתָּ֣ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 81:15
- Psalms 18:45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- Psalms 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
- Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Yhwh thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- Deuteronomy 7:10And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
- Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
- Psalms 63:3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- Psalms 102:28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- Isaiah 65:22They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Joel 3:20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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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- 1. Psalms 81:15 submitted…: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied. ↩
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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