“The enemies of the Lord have lied to him. In the Hebrew it better reads 'the enemies of the Lord shall deny him' — that is, the Jews, his enemies, shall deny him. But these enemies who are going to deny him — will they then perish? will there then be no remnant? And how did you swear to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 13, on Psalm 80
Original
15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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In context
13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
— Psalms 81:15 —
16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.