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Psalms 81:8
8Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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;
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
Context of Psalms 81:8
6“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. 7In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel! 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.
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 50:7“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.
- Isaiah 55:3Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
- John 3:11Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
- Acts 20:21I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.
- 1 John 5:9We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
- Psalms 81:13“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
- Exodus 15:26He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”
- Deuteronomy 5:27Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”
- Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things 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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