Psalms 106:42

42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Psalms 106:42 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 106:42

Their enemies also oppressed them
By taxes, and taking the increase of their fields and sustenance, which often obliged them to cry for a deliverer, who upon this was sent to them; see ( Judges 2:9 Judges 2:15 ) ( 5:1 ) .

And they were brought into subjection under their hand; or were humbled
under their hand, as the Targum;
they were not only made to submit to their enemies, but they were humbled before the Lord; brought to a sense of their sins, and acknowledgment of them, when the Lord appeared for their deliverance, as follows.

Psalms 106:42 In-Context

40 Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;

41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43 Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked [him] by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.

44 But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;