Psalms 106:42

42 They beat them down and kept them under their power.

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 So the LORD became angry with his people. He turned away from his own children.

41 He handed them over to the nations. Their enemies ruled over them.

42 They beat them down and kept them under their power.

43 Many times the LORD saved them. But they refused to obey him. So he destroyed them because of their sins.

44 But he heard them when they cried out. He paid special attention to their suffering.