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Psalms 81:8
8I said, “My people, listen to me! I warn you now. Listen carefully to me, Israel's people!
Psalms 81:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
- New International Version (NIV)Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
Context of Psalms 81:8
6It said: ‘I took the heavy load off your back. You no longer had to carry those heavy baskets. 7When you had trouble, you called to me for help and I made you safe. I answered your prayers from the middle of the dark storm. I tested you at Meribah, when you had no water in the wilderness. Selah. I said, “My people, listen to me! I warn you now. Listen carefully to me, Israel's people! 9There must not be any strange god among you. You must never worship a foreign god. 10I am the Lord, your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with many good things.”
Read all of Psalms 81Psalms 81:8 word by word
שְׁמַ֣ע עַ֭מִּי וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 81:8
- Psalms 50:7He says, ‘Listen to me, my people, and I will speak to you. I have something to say against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to the people, ‘Remember carefully the message that I have spoken to you today. You must teach these words to your children. They must learn to obey all the words of God's Law.
- Isaiah 55:3Come to me and listen carefully. If you accept my teaching, you will have real life! Then I will make a covenant with you, to be my people. My promise will continue for ever, like the promise that I made to King David.
- John 3:11I tell you this: We speak about things that we know. We tell you about what we have seen. But even then, you people do not believe our message.
- Acts 20:21I have taught the same things both to Jewish people and to Gentiles. I have said clearly to them all, “You must stop doing wrong things. Change the way that you live and turn to God. Believe in our Lord Jesus.”
- 1 John 5:9We believe people who tell us about things that they know. So we can believe even more what God says. He has told us what is true about his Son. So we should believe his message.
- Psalms 81:13But my people should listen to me! Yes, Israel should obey my commands!
- Exodus 15:26He said, ‘Be careful to listen to what the Lord your God says to you. Let him see that you are doing things that are right. Obey his commands and his rules. Then I will not give to you the diseases that I gave to the Egyptians. I am the Lord. I am the one who gives you health.’
- Deuteronomy 5:27We ask you to go near to the Lord our God. Listen to everything that he says. Then you should tell us what he says to you. We will listen carefully and we will obey him.’
- Isaiah 1:19I will forgive you if you agree to obey me. If you are ready to do that, you will again eat plenty of good food from the land.
Commentaries on Psalms 81:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Hear, O my people - These are nearly the same words with those spoken at the giving of the law, Exodus 20:2.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee - See the notes at the similar passage in Psalm 50:7. God calls their attention to what he required of them; to what his law demanded; to what was the condition of their being his people and of securing his favor. What the demanded was, that they should acknowledge him; obey him; serve him; that there should be no strange god among them, and that they should worship no false god, Psalm 81:9.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon themselves. The Lord is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10God pleads with his people to remember the covenant and the Ten Commandments.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Compare Psa 50:7). The reproof follows to Psa 81:12. if thou wilt hearken--He then propounds the terms of His covenant: they should worship Him alone, who (Psa 81:10) had delivered them, and would still confer all needed blessings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 81
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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