Psalms 81:15 (ESV)
Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.
Psalm 81 is about the fact that God’s people don’t always listen to Him and obey His Word. In almost all of the prayer/song Asaph, the writer, is specially referring to just God’s people. Note:
Psalms 81:11 (ESV)
“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.
In the above verse, however, Asaph switches to speaking to Israel about Israel’s failure to listen and rather to Israel’s enemies. Note the context of verse 15 by reading the few before it and the one after it:
Psalms 81:13-16 (ESV)
13 Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.
16 But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Our disobedience toward God removes our protection from and by God. But as we walk in obedience we can rest in God’s care and the subduing of our enemies. The next time you see the enemy on the horizon a good question to ask is whether you are walking in step with the Father and obeying His Word!
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