Psalms 81:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The haters{H8764)} of the LORD should have submitted{H8762)} themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֭מְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֣ם אַכְנִ֑יעַ וְעַ֥ל צָ֝רֵיהֶ֗ם אָשִׁ֥יב יָדִֽי׃

Transliteration

Like kiməʿaṭ their ʾôyəbêhem ʾaḵnîaʿ and against their ṣārêhem ʾāšîb my yādî

Grammar Details

• *kiməʿaṭ*: adverb with prefixed preposition kaf - 'like soon/quickly'
• *ʾôyəbêhem*: masculine plural participle with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their enemies'
• *ʾaḵnîaʿ*: hiphil imperfect 1st singular - 'I would subdue'
• *ṣārêhem*: masculine plural participle with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their adversaries'
• *ʾāšîb*: hiphil imperfect 1st singular - 'I would turn'
• *yādî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my hand'

Word Meanings

• *kiməʿaṭ*: soon/quickly/in a little while
• *ʾôyəbêhem*: their enemies/their foes
• *ʾaḵnîaʿ*: I would subdue/I would humble/I would bring down
• *ṣārêhem*: their adversaries/their foes/those who trouble them
• *ʾāšîb*: I would turn/I would return/I would bring back
• *yādî*: my hand/my power/my action

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:30 : 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
• Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
• Exod 20:5 : 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;
• Deut 7:10 : 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.
• Ps 18:44-45 : 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
• Ps 63:3 : 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise{H8762)} thee.
• Ps 83:2-9 : 2 For, lo, thine enemies{H8802)} make a tumult{H8799)}: and they that hate{H8764)} thee have lifted up{H8804)} the head. 3 They have taken crafty{H8686)} counsel against thy people, and consulted{H8691)} against thy hidden ones{H8803)}. 4 They have said{H8804)}, Come{H8798)}, and let us cut them off{H8686)} from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance{H8735)}. 5 For they have consulted{H8738)} together with one consent: they are{H8799)} confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants{H8802)} of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined{H8738)} with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. 9 Do{H8798)} unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished{H8738)} at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make{H8798)} their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said{H8804)}, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession{H8799)}. 13 O my God, make{H8798)} them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth{H8799)} a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire{H8762)}; 15 So persecute{H8799)} them with thy tempest, and make them afraid{H8762)} with thy storm. 16 Fill{H8761)} their faces with shame; that they may seek{H8762)} thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded{H8799)} and troubled{H8735)} for ever; yea, let them be put to shame{H8799)}, and perish{H8799)}: 18 That men may know{H8799)} that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
• Isa 65:22 : 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.
• Joel 3:20 : 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
• John 15:22-23 : 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.