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Psalms 81:14

81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. submitted: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied

What does Psalms 81:14 mean?

Psalms 81:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ), כָּנַע (kânaʻ), אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb).

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should
soonמְעַטmᵉʻaṭ/meh-at'/H4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
have
subduedכָּנַעkânaʻ/kaw-nah'/H3665properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
their
enemies,אֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary
and
turnedשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
my
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
against
their
adversaries.צַרtsar/tsar/H6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:14.

1 Samuel 12:10

And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

1 Samuel 12:11

And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. bribe: Heb. ransom to blind: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him

1 Samuel 14:43

Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

1 Samuel 5:11

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. us not: Heb. me not, and my

1 Samuel 6:3

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

1 Samuel 7:14

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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What does Psalms 81:14 say?

Psalms 81:14 (King James Version) reads: "I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries."

Is Psalms 81:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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