“The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.”
The subjugation of enemies continues: "Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their doom would last forever." The submission of God's enemies becomes permanent and final; their fate contrasts with the conditional nature of Israel's welfare (which depends on faithfulness). This establishes a moral hierarchy: God's enemies face permanent judgment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 81:15
1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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