Psalms 81 ESV | WeDevote Bible

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!

2Raise a song; sound 81:2 Ex. 15:20the tambourine,

81:2 Ps. 71:22the sweet lyre with 81:2 Ps. 71:22the harp.

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.

5He made it 81:5 Ps. 122:4; [Ps. 78:5] a decree in 81:5 Ps. 77:15; 78:67; 80:1Joseph

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:

6“I 81:6 Isa. 9:4; 10:27relieved your81:6 Hebrew his; also next line shoulder of 81:6 Ex. 1:11the burden;

your hands were freed from the basket.

7In distress you 81:7 Ps. 50:15; [Ex. 2:23; 14:10] called, and I delivered you;

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

881:8 See Ps. 50:7Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!

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.

1081:10 Ex. 20:2I am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

81:10 [Ps. 37:3, 4]Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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.

12So I 81:12 Job 8:4; [Acts 7:42; 14:16; Rom. 1:24, 26] gave them over to their 81:12 [Deut. 29:19] stubborn hearts,

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.

15Those who hate the Lord would 81:15 Ps. 18:44cringe toward him,

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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