Psalms 第81章
Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me
To the choirmaster: according to 81:0 Ps. 8, title; 84, title The Gittith.81:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term Of 81:0 Ps. 50, titleAsaph.
181:1 [Deut. 32:43] Sing aloud to God our strength;
81:1 See Ps. 66:1shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
3Blow the trumpet at 81:3 Lev. 23:24; Num. 10:10; 29:1the new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
4For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule81:4 Or just decree of the God of Jacob.
when he 81:5 Ex. 11:4went out over81:5 Or against the land of Egypt.
81:5 Ps. 114:1I hear a language 81:5 [Deut. 28:49; Jer. 5:15]I had not known:
your hands were freed from the basket.
I 81:7 Ex. 19:19; See Ps. 18:11-14answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I 81:7 Ex. 17:7; Num. 20:13tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9There shall be no 81:9 Ps. 44:20; Isa. 43:12; [Ex. 20:3] strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a 81:9 Deut. 32:12foreign god.
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
11“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel 81:11 Ex. 32:1; Deut. 32:15, 18; Prov. 1:25, 30would not submit to me.
to follow their own 81:12 Ps. 106:43; Jer. 7:24; Mic. 6:16counsels.
1381:13 Deut. 5:29; 32:29; Isa. 48:18Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would 81:13 Deut. 5:33walk in my ways!
14I would soon subdue their enemies
and 81:14 Amos 1:8turn my hand against their foes.
and their fate would last forever.
16But he would feed you81:16 That is, Israel; Hebrew him with 81:16 Ps. 147:14; Deut. 32:14the finest of the wheat,
and with 81:16 Deut. 32:13; [Job 29:6; Ezek. 16:19]honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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