Psalms 81:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure 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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Rom 1:30 : 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 8:7 : 7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the 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 foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
Ps 63:3 : 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
Ps 83:2-9 : 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. 4 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. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah 9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 10 Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God. 13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, 15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. 17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish; 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name 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 shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Joel 3:20 : 20 But Judah shall abide 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 excuse for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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