Psalms 106:42

42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued 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 So Yahweh's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 Then he gave them into [the] hand of [the] nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.

43 Many times he delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel, and were brought low by their iniquity.

44 Yet he looked upon their distress when he heard their cry.