Psalms 81:14

“I should soon have subdued their enemies, etc.] The Canaanites, and others: this he would have done in a very little time, or at once, and that easily, and without any trouble; he would quickly have humbled them, and brought them on their knees, as the word f1177 signifies, to terms of peace; for when a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes his enemies to be at peace with him, (<201607>Proverbs 16:7) so those that hearken to the voice of Christ, and walk in his ways, he subdues their iniquities, and will bruise Satan under their feet shortly, and make them more than conquerors: through himself, over the world; the men and things of it he has overcome: and turned my hand against their…”

“I should soon have subdued their enemies - This is one of the consequences which, it is said, would have followed if they had been obedient to the laws of God. The phrase rendered soon means literally like a little; that is, as we might say, in a little, to wit, in a little time. The word rendered subdued means to bow down; to be curved or bent; and the idea is, that he would have caused them to bow down, to wit, by submission before them. Compare Deuteronomy 32:29-30. And turned my hand against their adversaries - Against those who oppressed and wronged them. The act of turning the hand against one is significant of putting him away - repelling him - disowning him - as when we would thrust…”

“I should: Num 14:9, Num 14:45; Jos 23:13; Jdg 2:20-23 turned: Amo 1:8; Zac 13:7 Psalms 81:15”