Psalms 81:15
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Psalms 81:15 in other translations
| BSB | Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever. |
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| WEB | The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. |
| ASV | The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever. |
| YLT | Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is--to the age. |
| DARBY | The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever. |
| BBE | The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal. |
| Webster | The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever. |
What does Psalms 81:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 81:13-16
13-16. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 81:8-16
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…
Psalms 81:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 81:15
- Deuteronomy 7:10
And 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.
- Psalms 63:3
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- Romans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- Joel 3:20
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord 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;
- Psalms 83:2-18
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: …
- Psalms 18:44-45
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- John 15:22-23
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
- Psalms 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- Isaiah 65:22
They 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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 81:14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
- Psalms 81:15
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
- Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Psalms 81:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los aborrecedores de Jehová se le hubieran sometido; y el tiempo de ellos fuera para siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | J’aurais bientôt subjugué leurs ennemis, et tourné ma main contre leurs adversaires. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Hasser Jehovas würden sich ihm mit Schmeichelei unterworfen haben und ihre Zeit würde ewig gewesen sein; |