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Psalm 106:42

Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

40Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
41He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
43He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
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Notice

“Under their hand” names the loss of freedom in Israel’s account of judgment, where enemies ruled over God’s people and oppressed them.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Numbers 10:9When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before …Both passages name enemies who oppress God’s people; Numbers adds God’s promise to remember and save them.
Judges 4:3The children of Israel cried to the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.Judges describes twenty years of oppression in Israel’s history, making concrete the subjection that the psalm recounts.
2 Samuel 7:11and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD tells you that the …Both passages name Israel’s enemies: the psalm records their oppression, while Samuel records God’s promise of rest from them.
Judges 10:12The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.Both describe Israel under an oppressor’s hand; Judges also recounts their cry to God and his rescue.
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Encouragement

These words do not make oppression acceptable or explain every person’s suffering. In the surrounding verses, God hears the cry of the people under that hand.

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