Psalms 106:42

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

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 And God was furious - a wildfire anger; he couldn't stand even to look at his people.

41 He turned them over to the heathen so that the people who hated them ruled them.

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

43 Over and over God rescued them, but they never learned - until finally their sins destroyed them.

44 Still, when God saw the trouble they were in and heard their cries for help,