New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 81:8
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
6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. 7You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. Selah Hear, My people, and I will admonish you; Israel, if you would listen to Me! 9There shall be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship a foreign god. 10I, the Lord, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
Read all of Psalms 81Psalms 81:8 word by word
שְׁמַ֣ע עַ֭מִּי וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 81:8
- Psalms 50:7“Hear, My people, and I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command your sons to follow carefully, all the words of this Law.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
- John 3:11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you people do not accept our testimony.
- Acts 20:21solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 John 5:9If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.
- Psalms 81:13Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
- Exodus 15:26And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
- Deuteronomy 5:27Go near and listen to everything that the Lord our God says; then speak to us everything that the Lord our God speaks to you, and we will listen and do it.’
- Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, You will eat the best of 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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