Psalms 106:42

42 Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

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Psalms 106:42 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.

NLT

42 Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.

MSG

42 Their enemies made life hard for them; they were tyrannized under that rule.

CSB

42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Psalms 106:42 In-Context

40 Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

41 He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

43 Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

44 Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;

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