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Psalms 81:11
11“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
Psalms 81:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around.
Context of Psalms 81:11
9You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me. 10I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. 12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 13“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
Read all of Psalms 81Psalms 81:11 word by word
וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע עַמִּ֣י לְקוֹלִ֑י וְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹא־אָ֥בָה לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 81:11
- Psalms 106:12Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
- Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.
- Jeremiah 23:24Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
- Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
- Exodus 32:1When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”
- Deuteronomy 32:15Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, they became heavy and sleek. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock their Savior.
- Proverbs 1:30Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
- Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Commentaries on Psalms 81:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Israel would none of me - לי אבה לא lo abah li, They willed me not, they would not have me for their God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11But my people - See Psalm 78:10-11, Psalm 78:17-19. “And Israel would none of me.” Literally, “Did not will me;” that is, “did not incline to me; were not attached to me; were not disposed to worship me, and to find happiness in me.” Compare Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9; Proverbs 1:25. They refused or rejected him. See Exodus 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:18.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. 11-16The Lord helps Israel to understand that their failure was not because of his weakness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. They failed, and He gave them up to their own desires and hardness of heart (De 29:18; Pr 1:30; Ro 11:25).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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